[Tutor] systemd

[Alan Gauld]

On 03/03/2019 14:46, Dave Hill wrote:

> on power up, and I thought that I would use 'systemd'.

This is really a Linux question not Python so you might like to try the
Mint forums too. They are usually pretty responsive.

>     [Service]
>     Type=idle
> 
>     User=pi
>     ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/pi/Code/testVideo.sh
> 
>     Restart=no
>     RestartSec=0

> where 'testVideo.sh'
> 
>     ## Dave Hill, 28/02/2019
> 
>     # 2 = HDMI, 1 = headphones, 0 = Auto
>     amixer cset numid=3 1
> 
>     python3 /home/pi/Code/TestVideo#6.py CLIP0026.MP4 20 DEBUG

To be honest I'm surprised that works.
I'd expected bash to interpret the # as a comment delimiter!
But I tried it and it seems ok, you live and learn...

> Is there a way in which I can have automatic restart but also have a way 
> of exiting?

That's the Linux bit... :-)

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