crontab is to cron as ??? is to rc.local

The crontab command allows non-priviledged users to schedule commands to be run at a specific time.

Is there a similar command that allows them to schedule commands to be run when the machine boots? Perhaps some code that I can insert into rc.local? I was thinking of putting like this (syntax may be slightly wrong; this is just to show the idea) into /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

Code: 
cd /home
for x in *; do
  if test -f $x/rc;
    su $x -c "sh $x/rc"
  fi
done
What do you think of the above code - is it advisable to do this or would it cause technical problems? Or is there a better way to do this?

 

 

 

 

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