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 ---\ But not like this above JohnStanley