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http://unix.stackexchange.com – I am currently working on a project which needs to be added to inittab so that the program loads during startup. The program that I am trying to start is a c# mono application. I have created a start script and if the start script is run manually the program launches fine. However, when I put it into inittab the program doesn't launch. I've checked in /var/log/messages but it doesn't say anything is wrong, it just says that it is reloading. Below is what I have added to my inittab script bes:2345:respawn:/home/bits/MyProgram/start.myprogram Thanks for any help you can provide (HowTos)

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Submitted by Songlist on 07/09/2012 – Made popular on 07/09/2012

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