Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:56:16 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: rc.subr startup question Message-ID: <20050314215615.GM65944@polands.org>
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Hello,
I'm running 5.3-STABLE and I want to write a startup script for
ports/sysutils/mcron. The twis is, I want an mcron process for
each user I specify in an external file. For example...
/usr/local/etc/mcron.conf:
$usernames="user1 user2 user3"
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mcron.sh
#!/bin/sh
# $Id$
# PROVIDE: mcron
# REQUIRE: LOGIN
# KEYWORD: FreeBSD shutdown
#
. /etc/rc.subr
name="mcron"
prefix=/usr/local
command=${prefix}/bin/${name}
mcron_enable=${mcron_enable:-"NO"}
mcron_flags=${mcron_flags-"-d"}
# Load user names from conf file
#
. ${prefix}/etc/${name}.conf
rcvar=`set_rcvar`
load_rc_config $name
for user in ${usernames}; do
mcron_user=${user}
run_rc_command "$1"
done
This does not work because run_rc_command checks to see if the process
is already running before attempting to launch another instance. I've
read rc.subr(8) and it's not apparent if I can use the rc.subr tools in
this scenario. Perhaps this is something best accomplished in
/etc/rc.local? Any and all suggestions welcome.
--
Regards,
Doug
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