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I am adding startup script in Ubuntu with update-rc.d.
My script says : 

  #!/bin/bash

nohup curl -C - -o ~/Downloads/linuxmint-17-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso.part 'http://mirror.umd.edu/linuxmint/images/stable/17/linuxmint-17-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso'  
exit

Made it executable and added in /etc/init.d

Now when I run the script manually, it runs absolutely fine.

But after adding in startup, it does not start automatically.
It throws me with an error in nohup.out as below :

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0curl: (7) Couldn't connect to server

Is there anything more I need to check or what else option I can use to run the same script on startup.

root@amol-Lenovo-G570:~# ll /etc/rc2.d/ total 20 
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 7 20:24 ./ 
drwxr-xr-x 179 root root 12288 Nov 7 19:36 ../ 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Oct 23 12:38 K08vmware-USBArbitrator -> /etc/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator* 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 26 2012 S19postgresql -> ../init.d/postgresql*   
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 7 20:24 S20download.sh -> ../init.d/download.sh*

where download.sh is the script I am running.

Braiam
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amolveer
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    it look like your are trying to fetch before network layer is up. can you list /etc/rc2.d ? (or rcX.d where X is you run-level ? ) – Archemar Nov 07 '14 at 14:50
  • root@amol-Lenovo-G570:~# ll /etc/rc2.d/

    total 20

    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 7 20:24 ./

    drwxr-xr-x 179 root root 12288 Nov 7 19:36 ../

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Oct 23 12:38 K08vmware-USBArbitrator -> /etc/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator*

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 26 2012 S19postgresql -> ../init.d/postgresql*

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 7 20:24 S20download.sh -> ../init.d/download.sh*

    where download.sh is the script I am running.

     – amolveer Nov 07 '14 at 15:01
  • Couldn't connect to server Your internet isn't working? – DisplayName Nov 07 '14 at 15:44

2 Answers2

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The problem is simple. Your network isn't even up so:

Couldn't connect to server

I would create a upstart/systemd or a real sysv-init script with dependencies to the network.

There are several ways you can accomplish this:

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Braiam
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Just add a --retry 5 --retry-max-time 120 and it'll eventually work just fine.

Alex Karasulu
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