User Scripts
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The inner workings of WDLXTV can be modified by advanced users who wish to run their own shell script at boot time to either launch applications, or patch over a read-only file and replace it with another file that they are providing.
NONE of these require reflashing to utilize
There are 3 options:
- S00custom-options : This script is placed on an attached usb device, before power up. If you visit the webend WDLXTV configurator your S00custom-options will be disabled.
- Designed for 'one-off' options, like config_tool settings. If you have something more permanent refer to one of the scripts below.
- /conf/S00user-script : This is a permanent version of S00custom-options. You create this file yourself and upload it to /conf.
- /conf/S99user-script : This is like S00user-script, although instead of being executed at the start of the init.d 'startup script' process it is executed after everything else has run.
All init.d / startup scripts are executed in numerical/alphabetical order.
Note : if /conf/S00user-script or /conf/S99user-script contain errors your system will not boot.
Note 2 : All of these are executed only at boot time.
Here is the minimum that must be included in a user script:
#!/bin/sh logger -s -t `basename $0` "this statement is not actually mandatory, but helps you know if your script actually executed."
Examples
Scripts run from USB
S00custom-options
Have a look here for a list of available config settings.
Example script
This script will change the background image back to the WD default background.
#!/bin/sh config_tool -c BACKGROUND_IMAGE=original_bg.jpg
Scripts run from /conf
S00user-script
Example script
This script does does the following:
- Write a start message to /tmp/messages.txt
- sleep for 1 second
- Write an end message to /tmp/messages.txt
#!/bin/sh logger -t "S00user-script" -p notice "start" sleep 1 logger -t "S00user-script" -p notice "end"
S99user-script
Additional details on how to create this can be found here
Example script
This script does does the following:
- Write a start message to /tmp/messages.txt
- sleep for 1 second
- Write an end message to /tmp/messages.txt
#!/bin/sh logger -t "S99user-script" -p notice "start" sleep 1 logger -t "S99user-script" -p notice "end"
