[Solved]How to start up a user script?

[davef]

Even though I seem to be able to do the following in rc.local:

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rfkill block bluetooth

when I tried to put other commands like:

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mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/USB_FLASHDRIVE

I got the following error:

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[FAILED] Failed to start /etc/rc.local Compatibility.                           
   See 'systemctl status rc-local.service' for details.

Well, after some Goggling it appears that modifying rc.local is NOT the current procedure.

In fact looking at the one executable statement, originally in this file:

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/usr/bin/init-wifi

and then looking at that file one sees that it does nothing!

In the previous distribution I was using (Pengutronix mini2440 BSP) I used a link in /etc/rc.d to a file in /etc/init.d called "startup".

Doing the command runlevel I get N 5. So, in rc5.d I tried putting a link called S99startup pointing to /etc/init.d/startup, but it doesn't execute.

So, my question is what is the acceptable procedure for starting up user scripts in Debian Jessie?

[davef]

Well I found this https://www.debian-administration.org/article/28/Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian which appears to be out-of date.

Looking in /etc/init.d I find a file called skeleton, which looks like a template for writing user scripts.

If someone has a favourite tutorial specifically about the INIT INFO tags, that would be appreciated.

Thanks

[davef]

The fundamental issue was I needed an entry in fstab before the mount command would work properly in /etc/rc.local

Problem solved.