Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 22:32:52 +0100 (BST) From: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Suggested additions for periodic Message-ID: <XFMail.990406223252.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
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Hi I've just modified periodic to read configuration files to decide whether to run the script or not. This removes the hardcoded "exit 0"s which are difficult to maintain across system updates in the /etc/periodic/* scripts The configuration is read from $dir/perodic.conf $periodic_conf_files /etc/defaults/periodic.conf The files consist of lines containing the pathname of each script and a field indicating whether to run the script or not. The first matching entry in the configuration files determines the run policy. If there is no match then the script is run anyway - this is to provide some backwards compatability and reduce the burden of adding local scripts (if you add your own you probably want them to run). TODO: Write a manual page for the configuration files. Set periodic_conf_files in rc.conf/rc.conf.local. Makefile updates Submit a PR. I'll finish the TODO's if people think this is a worthwhile addition, otherwise I'll keep them as local patches. Duncan --- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | God smiles upon the little children, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk | the alcoholics, and the permanently stoned. ________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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