[3099] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Installer Bugs: Custom Install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Garry Zacheiss)
Thu Oct 12 11:52:48 2000
Message-Id: <200010121552.LAA22671@sweet-transvestite.mit.edu>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>, Karl Ramm <kcr@1ts.org>,
Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "12 Oct 2000 11:18:50 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:52:44 -0400
From: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>
>> I have no objection with this method. Question: what happens if the
>> script cannot contact AFS?
Well, the local netscape does this:
# Attach the infoagents locker and get its mountpoint.
locker=`attach -pn infoagents`
if [ -z "$locker" ]; then
exit
fi
so will fail gracefully if AFS isn't running at the time the cron
job fires.
Garry
