On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Kurt J. Bosch <[email protected]> wrote: > --- > functions | 7 +++++++ > rc.sysinit | 4 ++-- > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/functions b/functions > index 43414c0..9ad75a9 100644 > --- a/functions > +++ b/functions > @@ -428,6 +428,13 @@ install_file() { > install -T "$@" <(printf '%s' "$content") "$file" > } > > +# install would fail because files can't be removed from /proc > +# moreover we don't want to remove nodes from /dev > +write_file() { > + local file=$1 content=$2 > + printf '%s' "$content" >| "$file" > +} > + > bootlogd_stop() { > [[ -f /run/bootlogd.pid ]] || return 0 > touch /var/log/boot > diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit > index dcc88f5..2c08f02 100755 > --- a/rc.sysinit > +++ b/rc.sysinit > @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ status "Activating Swap" swapon -a > RANDOM_SEED=/var/lib/misc/random-seed > [[ -f $RANDOM_SEED ]] && > status "Initializing Random Seed" \ > - install_file /dev/urandom "$(< "$RANDOM_SEED" )" > + cp "$RANDOM_SEED" /dev/urandom > > stat_busy "Removing Leftover Files" > rm -rf /etc/{nologin,shutdownpid} /forcefsck /tmp/* /tmp/.* &>/dev/null > @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ stat_done > > [[ $HOSTNAME ]] && > status "Setting Hostname: $HOSTNAME" \ > - install_file /proc/sys/kernel/hostname "$HOSTNAME" > + write_file /proc/sys/kernel/hostname "$HOSTNAME" >
Do you call a function to do the job of a redirection? -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net
