Start Shell Script On Raspberry Pi Startup

I have a python program which posts to my local web server. The script runs on a raspberry pi running the latest version of raspbian 3.18. How can I make the Python script run at s

Solution 1:

You can use the Linux crontab to run the Python script. Let's go to root and create a shell script.

sudo -i

nano startup.sh

Then type your python script on this bash script. navigate to home directory, then to this directory, then execute python script, then back home.

cd / cd home/pi/your directory sudo python yourpythonscript.py cd /

Save the script and then exit. Make this sh script executable by giving it permission.

chmod 755 startup.sh

Now open and edit rc.local file.

nano /etc/rc.local

Add /root/startup.sh & before exit 0

now save and exit from the file and reboot your pi.

sudo reboot

Solution 2:

Make sure the program is executable

chmod +x filename.py

open /etc/rc.local in your editor of choice

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

and add

python /FULL PATH TO SCRITP/filename.py

before the exit