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Re: bug in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Mon Oct 21 18:41:15 1996
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Cc: maillard@vt.edu
From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 21 Oct 1996 09:53:28 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 15:09:24 -0400
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Julien Maillard writes:
>looking at /etc/rc.d/sysinit:
>- --
># If a SCSI tape has been detected, load the st module unconditionally
># since many SCSI tapes don't deal well with st being loaded and unloaded
>if cat /proc/scsi/scsi | grep -q 'Type: Sequential-Access' ; then
> if cat /proc/devices | grep -qv ' 9 st' ; then
> insmod st
> fi
>fi
>- --
>can i just add if [ -f /proc/scsi/scsi ]; then ... arround the above if?
Yes, but actually, I'd suggest something like this:
if cat /proc/scsi/scsi | grep 'Type: Sequential-Access' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
if cat /proc/devices | grep -qv ' 9 st' ; then
insmod st
fi
fi
That avoids an extra command invocation.
michaelkjohnson
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