Bootup Script

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:45:00 +0000

Bootup script Setup #

Edit Python script, add as first line -

#!/usr/bin/python

Change permissions -

chmod 755 raspiLapseCam.py

That means you can execute it by typing raspiLapseCam.py rather than python raspiLapseCam.py

Then we can use an /etc/init.d script to get it started when the system boots.

Start by copying /etc/init.d/skeleton to /etc/init.d/timelapse -

cd /etc/init.d && sudo cp skeleton timelapse

edit /etc/init.d/timelapse, change lines 23 & 24 to refer to the command ‘/home/pi/raspiLapseCam.py’ -

DESC="Raspberry Pi TimeLapse"
DAEMON=/home/pi/raspiLapseCam.py

Make it executable -