[3100] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Installer Bugs: Custom Install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Oct 12 12:03:46 2000
To: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Karl Ramm <kcr@1ts.org>, Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 12 Oct 2000 12:03:42 -0400
In-Reply-To: Garry Zacheiss's message of "Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:52:44 -0400"
Message-Id: <sjmr95mxd0h.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Interesting. Does attach actually try to stat the locker in question?
Or if it's AFS will it just automatically make the symlink? I don't
recall offhand. This also doesn't help if you stay logged in such
that the machine doesn't reactivate (such as a laptop).
-derek
Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU> writes:
> >> 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
>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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