run c program at startup

Question

I am a beginner to linux programming. What I want to do is, run a C "Hello World" program at startup. Once the user logs in, run that C program. How can I achieve this?

I am running Ubuntu 8.04.

Answer 1

I solved it by writing a bash script

Answer 2

"Desktop Application Autostart Specification"

Answer 3

I've done that on my machine.

First, in your menu bar, click System, then Preferences, then click Sessions.

A list of startup programs will be shown. click + button and add your script.

This might differ on linux distro. But at least you got the idea.

Answer 4

you can create a script inside /etc/init.d/myScriptName which inside this script you start you program

remember to give chmod +x to your script to give execution permissions