Alternatives to run-parts ?

[Paolo Pedaletti <paolop@mmpoint.it>]

Ciao,
someone can explain the difference between run-parts and:

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#!/bin/sh

# alternative to run-parts ..... (?)

USAGE="\
Usage: $0 dirname\n
run all the executable inside the directory <dirname>
"

if [ "$2" = "test" ] ; then
        TEST=1
else
        TEST=0
fi

if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
# no arguments
        echo -e $USAGE
        exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d $1 ] ; then
        echo "Error, $1 isn't a directory."
        exit 1
fi

DIR=$1

FILELIST=`ls $1`
# echo $FILELIST

for FILE in $FILELIST ; do
        FILENAME=${DIR}/$FILE
#            executable?  AND real file ? (not directory...)
        if [ -x $FILENAME -a  -f $FILENAME ] ; then
                echo "Executing $FILENAME"
                if [ $TEST = 0 ] ; then
                        . $FILENAME
                fi
        else
                echo "$FILENAME is not a file or is not executable."
        fi
done

exit 0
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I prefer a script rather then a binary file, if they can do the same
things...

The reason of this is that if I don't want execute a script-file during the
cron time (daily/weekly/montly) I simply do:
chmod -x script-file
but cron (using run-parts) tell me:

/etc/cron.daily/leafnode:
run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.daily/leafnode: Permission denied
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/leafnode exited with return code 1
/etc/cron.daily/man-db:
run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.daily/man-db: Permission denied
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 1
/etc/cron.daily/slrn:
run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.daily/slrn: Permission denied
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/slrn exited with return code 1
/etc/cron.daily/wwwoffle:
run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.daily/wwwoffle: Permission denied
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/wwwoffle exited with return code 1

Right! Because all this scripts are no more executable, but still exist in
that directory:

/etc/cron.daily# dir
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          277 mag 14  1998 0anacron*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         2307 ago 14 14:20 apache*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          449 gen 13 00:09 calendar*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          421 dic 18 21:56 leafnode
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          235 mag 15  1998 man-db
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          180 mag 23  1998 mgetty*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          487 mag 18  1997 netbase*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          481 feb 21  1998 slrn
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          435 lug 16  1998 smail*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1367 apr 26  1998 standard*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          660 apr 16  1998 sysklogd*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          114 giu 15  1998 tetex-bin*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          277 mar 20  1998 updatedb*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          702 gen 13 00:02 wwwoffle

Do I wrong something/somewhere?

-- 

Paolo Pedaletti, Como, ITALYa
paolop@mmpoint.it