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tshepang
Asked: 2013-07-23 07:25:14 +0800 CST

Remove a file just before shutdown/reboot

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I added the following content in /etc/init.d/reboot script:

FILE="/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules"
rm $FILE

This did not work, since it complained when I restarted the system:

rm: cannot remove `/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules': Read-only file system
12.04

2 Answers

  1. I suggest you use /etc/rc.local for your customization of reboot process.

    Among the hooks can be used to include custom code in various places in the rc.* init scripts: shutdown_start At the beginning of rc.shutdown

    If it says Read-only file system, you don't have sufficient permission to remove the file.

    By the way, explain your main objective, maybe folks can help you with a better approach.

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  2. I think you need to do the file writable. To do this use the following command:

    sudo chmod +w 'name of your file'
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