Setting up and running a time-zone-server on Raspberry pi

I have just automated it using a crontab entry:

and the script:

And if you want to update, the new version has some cool things like OTA (Over The Air) Updates and so on. But why fix it if it ain't broke?

I am little more than a Raspbian noob. I'm posting this because 1) it worked for me and 2) maybe someone who knows more than I can tell me if this method is good/bad/indifferent.

All I did is edit the global autostart. The file belongs to root so you need to edit with elevated privilege (e.g. $ sudo nano autostart or $ sudo vi autostart). The file to edit is
/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

I appended this to the end of the file:
@nohup node /home/pi/time-zone-server/time-zone-service.js >> tzs.log

Caveat: I edited the global autostart file which is run at startup regardless of which user is logging in. If you happen to have a user autostart file the global autostart is ignored. User autostart, if it exists, is found at:
~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
(If using the GUI file manager you must turn on View->Show Hidden in order to see the .config directory branch!)

If you find you have a user autostart then you should edit it as above instead of editing the global autostart.

Hi Ty, that will work as well. I'm a bit of a Linux Nazi, so I wouldn't choose to do it that way, simply because it's a user land process and it doesn't belong in there. (I think you'll find that is it running as root).

But there are many ways to skin a cat.

Ian wrote: I'm a bit of a Linux Nazi, so I wouldn't choose to do it that way, simply because it's a user land process and it doesn't belong in there.

And that is precisely the kind of feedback I was hoping for. If I'm ever to progress beyond noob level with my pi I want to do things right.

Ian wrote: (I think you'll find that is it running as root).

After reading your post that is what I expected to find but oddly it's running as user "pi". I can't explain it.

Ian wrote: But there are many ways to skin a cat.

Indeed. Every time I look for something Linux related online I seem to find a dozen conflicting answers and can only guess at the quality of said answers. Oh well, live and learn.