Actually, I DID try it! (ROTL) The lrcfg.back.script that comes with standard Dachstein has 5 references to ticker (2 invocations and 3 killall). Obviously, the 2 invocations do not contain the blessed & that will fork the new ticker script. Implicitly, the killall will not work either.
I don't mind changing these or any other script but this solution is not *entirely compatible* with the old one :-). I do welcome the savings and I will go with the paranoid solution. Serge Caron -----Original Message----- From: Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Serge Caron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 24, 2002 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Leaf-devel] Ticker script >> 1) How do you fork this thing so that, for example, you can do a backup? > >Just like always from a shell script: > ticker & > >> 2) Using the shell will creat a job (typically "sh /usr/sbin/ticker") that >> will not be recognized by the "killall ticker" command. > >Actually, it does work (try it and see), but if you want to be paranoid, and >not trust killall, a simple: > >ticker & >PID=$! >...more stuff here... >kill $PID > >Will work as well... > >Charles Steinkuehler >http://lrp.steinkuehler.net >http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) > > > > _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
