"LEE, Yui-wah (Clement)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> What is a clean way to introduce a delay between the
> scripts in /etc/init.d ?
>
> I saw a problem that /etc/rc2.d/S27bind9 started before
> /etc/rc2.d/S25ifplugd actually completed all the tasks
> ...
>
> Specifically, ifplugd, with the help of resolvconf,
> would generate the file /var/run/bind/named.options,
> which would be used by bind9. Unfortunately by the
> time bind9 ran, the file was not yet generated.
>
> I could force a delay between the two scripts by
> introducing another script (run at S26) that does
> nothing but sleep for a fixed time (30 seconds). That
> seemed to work around the problem. But I wonder if
> there is a cleaner solution.
In S25ifplugd create a file S25ifplugd.pid right at the start and
remove that at the end (and as trap on exit in case of error).
Add a statement to S27bind9 that checks for s25ifplugd.pid and if
present sleeps a seconds and retries.
> Ideally, the delay should not be fixed but dynamic.
> That is, a later script can have some means to know for
> sure that an earlier script has completed all the tasks
> already.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Clement
MfG
Goswin
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