Pausing and resuming a Bash script

Question

Is there a way to pause a Bash script, then resume it another time, such as after the computer has been rebooted?

Answer 1

The only way to do that AFAIK:

1. Save any variables, or other script context information in a temporary file to establish the state of the script just before the pause. This goes without saying that the script should include a mechanism to check this file to know if the previous execution was paused and, if it was, fetch all the context and resume accordingly.
2. After reboot, manually run the script again, OR, have the script automatically run from your startup profile script.