[CentOS-docs] New HowTo on Local Mirrors

[JohnS]

On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 00:16 +0200, Tru Huynh wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 04:37:19PM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> > Created a new HowTo on running your own local mirror:
> > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalMirror
> > 
> > Comments and (constructive :-) criticism are invited.
> > 
> nice writeup, just my 2 cents: consider adding a lockfile if the script
> is used automatically in a crontab ;)
> 
> ...
> # try to create the lock and check the outcome
> LOCKFILE=/var/run/rsync-home.lock
> lockfile -r 0 ${LOCKFILE} 1>/dev/null 2>&1
> status=$?
> 
> if [ ${status} -ne 0 ] ;then
>         echo "Another instance already running. Aborting."
>         exit 1
> fi
> trap "rm ${LOCKFILE}" EXIT
> 
> # body of the script here
> ...
> 
> other examples are also available in the centos-mirror mailing list archives.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tru
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But not like this above

JohnStanley