OpenWRT: Start a python script at boot time

The following script will start a python weather parsing script at boot time (that script not included here). Place the script in

/etc/init.d/weather

#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
# Copyright (C) 2008 OpenWrt.org
START=99
start() {
        sleep 5   # make sure boot process is done, no more console msgs
        echo "Weather VFD App Started"
        . /etc/profile
        echo $PATH
        python /opt/scripts/wunderground_parse.py &
}

START=99 will create an entry in rc.d named S99weather when the script is enabled.

chmod +x /etc/init.d/weather
/etc/init.d/weather enable  #places entry S99weather in /etc/rc.d/

The profile command is [dot] [SPACE]/etc/profile. This will invoke the environment variables which otherwise wouldn't be included at boot time. Those variables will include the

LD_LIBRARY_PATH

and other env variables.
This can also be started with /etc/init.d/weather start. You can stop the init script from starting up with

/etc/init.d/weather disable

You could optionally add other commands to this startup script.
See the entry at the OpenWRT wiki.

UPDATE 2017-12-18:

Modified the init.d script to stop and restart:

#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2008 OpenWrt.org
# Updated December 18, 2017 bob murphy/thisoldgeek
START=99
start() {
        sleep 5   # make sure boot process is done, no more console msgs
        . /etc/profile
        python /opt/scripts/wunderground_parse.py &
        echo "Weather VFD App Started"
}

stop()  {
   pid=`ps -ef | grep '[p]ython /opt/scripts/wunderground_parse.py' | awk '{ print $1 }'`
    echo $pid
    kill $pid
    sleep 2
    echo "Weather VFD App Stopped"
}

case "$1" in
  start)
   start
   ;;
 stop)                                                                       
   stop                                                                       
   ;;                           
  restart)                       
   stop                         
   start                         
   ;;     
  *)       
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/weather {start|stop|restart}"
    exit 1                                               
esac                                                     
exit 0