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... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Best Regards, > > Shaun Reitan > Account Specialist > www.NDCHost.com > www.cPlicensing.net > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > Silvian Cretu ----------------- http://www.linux360.ro/ http://toxic-chat.sourceforge.net/ http://www.caramida-verde.as.ro/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com