[BusyBox] patch to add 'reboot' to inittab

[Erik Andersen]

On Mon Nov 05, 2001 at 11:04:14AM -0500, Williams, Kevin M. wrote:
> This patch for init.c adds 'reboot' as a possible action for inittab. Now
> when I add the following to inittab:
> 
> ::wait:-/path/to/myapp.exe
> ::reboot:-/path/to/myapp.exe
> 
> It starts myapp.exe at startup, and if it ever exits, the entire system
> reboots. For my embedded system, operating remotely and with no keyboard
> input, this is a good thing.  

I think this duplicates existing functionality.  How about the
following instead?  Add something like to this to your inittab:

    ::respawn:/etc/init.d/myapp.sh

Then have /etc/init.d/myapp.sh look something like:

    #!/bin/sh
    /bin/myapp.exe
    /sbin/poweroff;
    sleep 9999;

Does something like that work for you?

 -Erik

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