LEE, Yui-wah (Clement) wrote: > 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. > > 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. The best way to accomplish this is to fix the earlier program so that it does not return until all tasks are complete. pcmcia-cs used to have similar problems, which were fixed by making cardmgr run with the -f switch. ifplugd has a -w switch that is supposed to do the same thing according to at least some of the documentation, and is enabled by default. Maybe it's not working though, or doesn't actually wait until the interface is up, but just until the initial link beat detection is done? -- see shy jo
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