--On December 19, 2012 10:47:56 PM +0000 Chris Rees <utis...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 19/12/2012, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
I'm working on an rc.d init script for a port, and I am clearly in need
of a clue.
I have a daemon that requires that a FIFO exist before it will start.
The FIFO is defined in the daemon's conf file. I could just point that
out to the user using "warn", but I thought it would be nicer to simply
take care of it programmatically.
So I created this:
start_precmd="${name}_ck4fifo()"
Is this a copy/paste error, or is your function actually called
_ck4fifo or _ch4fifo?
Both, but I fixed it and nothing changed.
${name}_ch4fifo()
I'm surprised sh isn't choking on this, you can't use ${name} in a
function name. Indirecting it is a waste of processing time, if I'm
honest; just use
start_precmd=pads_agent_prestart
pads_agent_prestart()
{
do_something
}
OK, I've done that. Still no change. {{{sigh}}}
Here's the current invocation:
start_precmd="pads_agent_ck4fifo()"
pads_agent_ck4fifo()
{
. ${pads_agent_conf}
if [ ! -p ${PADS_FIFO} ]; then
`/usr/bin/mkfifo ${PADS_FIFO}`
fi
echo "Checking for ${PADS_FIFO}...."
if [ -p ${PADS_FIFO} ]; then
echo "${PADS_FIFO} exists."
return 0
else
echo "I tried to create ${PADS_FIFO} and failed."
echo "You will need to create it manually before starting
${name}."
return 1
fi
}
--
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
*******************************************
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renounced the use of reason as to administer
medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson
"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very
intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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