Execute code at system startup in 11gR1

Question

Hi gurus,
I need to execute some Java code once when the system starts. What are my options?
Regards,
Vladimir

Answer 1

Before you do, check htpdate from freshmeat, it is very good, uses http calls to get the time. I run this in /etc/rc.local
Now how to make a script
#!/bin/sh
your code
more
your code
And that is it.
If you call one script from another and you want to pass values via the environment,  then
#!/bin/sh
. your code
is the thingto do, and not get caught with lost environments. The '.' runs your code using the current shell, otherwise it launches a new shell.
Keeping the same shell can be useful, e.g. I call a script I call connect at the beginning of all my web sucker scripts, this limits the speed for wget and rsynch to make it friendly for other users on the net. So, is have to set a variable and export it.
connect:
#!/bin/sh
export WGspeed=10k
export RSspeed=30