Question: I have the following script, how do I run it on shutdown in debian linux? (don't want to use GUI)

```
#!/bin/bash
vms=$(vmrun list | grep '/');
for vm in ${vms}
do
        echo 'suspending ' $vm
        vmrun suspend $vm soft
done

```

I tried adding it to /usr/local/bin with chmod +x permissions. Then I created symbolic links to rc0.d (shutdown) and rc6.d (reboot).

I then did update-rc.d shutdown\_vms 0 6 .

When I do shutdown -r now, it switches to console mode to restart....at that point I can see a error message stating shutdown\_vms has failed.

I this the proper way to install the shutdown script and why is it failing (where do I look in the logs?)

Edit:
I used the command update-rc.d -f shutdown\_vms start 0 0 6 .

When I look at the start up list for rc0.d (shutdown), i see that both shutdown\_vms, vmware, and gdm are all order of 0. I think if gdm fires before shutdown\_vms, it will kill the vms. I think this is what's happening because when I log the number of vms running when the script executes, it logs 0. 

Can I change the order of gdm/vmware to 1 so that shutdown\_vms run first?

Answer: 
Have you named the file starting with a 'K' in the /etc/rc[06].d directories? If you don't then they will not be executed on shutdown.
Hmmmm...It would be nice if the failure output could be shown. This would likely easily clearup some things.

One other thought, try putting in a PATH statement right after #!/bin/sh. 

```
 #! /bin/sh
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:.....<anything else you need>
 export PATH
 .
 .   (rest of script)
 .
 exit 0

```

I'm not familiar with vmlist.