Re: boot order

[davidson@ling.ohio-state.edu]

hi.

> EMAIL="root"
> RESTARTSUBJECT="["`hostname`" "`date`"] – System Startup"
> SHUTDOWNSUBJECT="["`hostname`" "`date`"] – System Shutdown"
> RESTARTBODY="This is an automated message to notify you that "`hostname`" 
> started successfully. Start up Date and Time: "`date`
> SHUTDOWNBODY="This is an automated message to notify you that "`hostname`" is 
> shutting down. Shutdown Date and Time: "`date`
> LOCKFILE=/var/lock/SystemEmail
> RETVAL=0
> # Source function library.
> . /lib/lsb/init-functions
> stop()
>  {
>  echo -n "Sending Shutdown Email: "
>  echo "${SHUTDOWNBODY}" | mail -s "${SHUTDOWNSUBJECT}" ${EMAIL}
>  sleep 4
>  RETVAL=$?
>  sleep 4

i can't comment on the rest of the script, but you probably want
RETVAL to be the exit status of the pipeline that sends the mail.
making RETVAL the exit status of 'sleep 4' looks wrong to me.

maybe the author was trying to tell themself to get more sleep?

>  if [ ${RETVAL} -eq 0 ]; then
>    rm -f ${LOCKFILE}
>    sleep 4
>    log_success_msg
>  else
>    log_failure_msg
>  fi
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-wes