Re: delay shutdown while backup (rsnapshot) is running

[André Berger <andre.berger@web.de>]

* Fabian Kürten (2010-07-01):
[...]
> Now my question: How can I prevent/delay the shutdown while rsnapshot is
> running. For your information, I am using gnome, so a solution working
> only for shutdowns via gnome system menu would be sufficient.

How does that system work?

You could run a shell script that checks for the rsnapshot process or
PID file. The script could either quit or loop when this is the case.

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#!/bin/sh
#/usr/local/sbin/shutdown.sh

#detect rsnapshot process and exit 
pidof rsnapshot && echo "Shutdown cancelled" || shutdown -h now

#alternatively, use the PID file, and loop in a 10 min. interval
[ ! -e /var/run/rsnapshot.pid ] && RSNAPSHOT="0" || RSNAPSHOT="1"
while [ "${RSNAPSHOT}" == "1" ] ; do
  [ ! -e /var/run/rsnapshot.pid ] && RSNAPSHOT="0" && break || sleep 600
done
shutdown -h now
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-André

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