Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:29:39 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Santos <sansan@cas.port995.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic scripts Message-ID: <20030608142939.GA91073@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3EE327E4.1040304@cas.port995.com> References: <3EE327E4.1040304@cas.port995.com>
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--wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 01:11:16PM +0100, Santos wrote: > Why there is a weekly script that rebuilds the locate database when: >=20 > >>> WARNING > >>> Executing updatedb as root. This WILL reveal all filenames > >>> on your machine to all login users, which is a security risk. >=20 >=20 > Is there a way to put dates on the periodic scripts report output for=20 > those who redirect the reports to files instead of mail messages? There= =20 > is no easy way to tell what date a report belongs to. Create a 'timestamp' periodic job, which does nothing except print out the date at which it is invoked. Save this as, say, /etc/periodic/daily/000.timestamp to ensure that it gets run as the first job. The timestamp script should return exit code 1 to ensure that the periodic script knowns it has produced output that should be included in the report: #!/bin/sh # # Emit timestamp at start of daily periodic run date +"Daily run started at %H:%M %p %Z on %d/%m/%Y" exit 1 Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+40hTdtESqEQa7a0RAgC9AJ9uo1pwU+cLBvNfaGeLyUJaNY2ReQCfc+Hs WOEYbMMTYWe1M0Hpw9qqe2Q= =/xlm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw--
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