[CentOS-mirror] cron lock file

[Silvian Cretu]

Yes, I read this reply, but it seemed too
complicated... The answer I received yesterday gave me
an easier way, and it's working!

--- Shaun <ml at ndchost.com> wrote:

> A simular question was asked a while back, here was
> my reply...
> 
>
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> Here's my rsync script, kind of a quick write so it
> could be better..  One 
> thing some of you might like is that the script
> checks to make sure that the 
> process is actually running if the pid file exists. 
> If the pid file exists 
> but the process doesnt, it clears the pid and
> continues...
> 
> Note: the script has be to run as root to write the
> pid, other wise you'll 
> need to make a dir in /var/run and chown that dir,
> chown it to your user and 
> edit the script to use that dir...
> 
> --------------[CODE]----------------
> #!/bin/sh
> RSYNC="/usr/bin/rsync"
> RSYNC_OPTS="-aHv --delete --bwlimit=512 "
> 
> if [ -f "/var/run/mirror.pid" ]; then
>    RUNPID=`cat /var/run/mirror.pid`
>    if ps -p $RUNPID; then
>       echo "Mirror is already running..."
>       exit 1
>    else
>       echo "Mirror pid found but process dead,
> cleaning up"
>       rm -f /var/run/mirror.pid
>    fi
> else
>    echo "No Mirror Process Detected"
> fi
> echo $$ > /var/run/mirror.pid
> 
> echo -n "Mirror Started at "
> date
> 
> #CentOS Mirror
> $RSYNC $RSYNC_OPTS
> rsync://mirror.centos.org/cAos/centos/ 
> /data/mirrors/centos/
> 
> echo -n "Mirror Ended at "
> date
> rm -f /var/run/mirror.pid
>
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> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Shaun Reitan
> Account Specialist
> www.NDCHost.com
> www.cPlicensing.net 
> 
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Silvian Cretu
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