G0kita, I've had a chance to review your advice, and I believe I've spotted a problem with your redirects. The command that works for me is:
/usr/bin/aucat -o - 2>/dev/null </dev/null | /usr/local/bin/lame -r -a -b 56 - - 2>/dev/null | /usr/local/bin/ezstream -c /etc/ezstream.xml >/dev/null 2>&1 & Before the first pipe: aucat is sending audio to stdout, so we don't want to mess with that. However, we want to disconnect terminal output (only stderr remains) and terminal input so we redirect accordingly to /dev/null. Before the second pipe: lame is receiving data from stdin and sending data to stdout, so we don't want to mess with that. However, we want to disconnect terminal output (only stderr remains) so we redirect accordingly to /dev/null. After the second pipe: ezstream is receiving data from stdin, so we don't want to mess with that. However, we want to disconnect terminal output (both stdout and stderr in this final case) so we redirect accordingly to /dev/null. The above works for me when added to rc.local, and works when added to my watchdog script that is executed by cron. Breeno Quoting G 0kita <[email protected]>: > If you throw it into rc.local you will have to disconnect it from the > terminal for it to work. > /etc/rc.local: > /usr/bin/aucat -o - 2> /dev/null | /usr/local/bin/lame -r - - | > /usr/local/bin/ezstream -q -c /etc/ezstream.xml < /dev/null &> /dev/null --snip--
