Re: Why the 30-second pause after executing this script?

From: Alex Vasylenko <lxv_at_omut.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:04:34 -0400
Kirk Strauser wrote:
> to attach to a jail to execute /etc/rc.shutdown.  I've noticed that this
> works as expected, unless its output is being piped into another program, in
> which case 'sh' waits about 30 seconds after the 'exit 0' line is executed
> before closing its end of the pipe.  For example:

/etc/rc.shutdown kills the _shell_ of the watchdog timer instead of the 
timer itself, so the timer keeps going. Please try the patch attached.

--
Alex.

Index: etc/rc.shutdown
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/etc/rc.shutdown,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 rc.shutdown
--- etc/rc.shutdown	8 Jul 2003 02:52:14 -0000	1.25
+++ etc/rc.shutdown	12 Apr 2004 20:55:51 -0000
_at__at_ -66,7 +66,7 _at__at_
 _rcshutdown_watchdog=
 if [ -n "$rcshutdown_timeout" ]; then
 	debug "Initiating watchdog timer."
-	sleep $rcshutdown_timeout && ( 
+	exec sleep $rcshutdown_timeout && ( 
 		_msg="$rcshutdown_timeout second watchdog" \
 		    " timeout expired. Shutdown terminated."
 		logger -t rc.shutdown "$_msg"
Received on Mon Apr 12 2004 - 12:04:43 UTC

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