Unzip command doesn't work in script when run on boot

Question

I have the following bash script:

FILE=/home/pi/kpidry/test.zip
if test -f "$FILE"; 
then
    echo "$FILE exists"
    rm -r /home/pi/test/*
    unzip /home/pi/kpidry/test.zip -d /home/pi/test/
    rm -r /home/pi/kpidry/test.zip
fi
exit 0

The script runs fine when I run it manually, and executes all the commands as expected. However, I have added a line to rc.local in order to run the script on boot. When that runs, it executes every line except the unzip line. Could this be because the unzip program is not yet running? If so, can I run it manually in rc.local?

Any help is very much appreciated!

Answer 1

I think files from /usr/bin/ are not guaranteed to be available at boot-time:

/usr/bin is a standard directory on Unix-like operating systems that contains most of the executable files (i.e., ready-to-run programs) that are not needed for booting (i.e., starting) or repairing the system. (ref: http://www.linfo.org/usr_bin.html )

Try calling "/usr/bin/unzip" instead of unzip.

If the call comes late enough and /usr/bin/ is mounted by that time and it was just the PATH environment that was missing, that could work.