Re: aura_exec don't return from running script in /etc/rc.d/

[sam <samwun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Pressey wrote:

> On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:34:59 +0800
> sam <samwun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > Chris Pressey wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 22 May 2005 22:16:24 +0800
> > > sam <samwun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I found that aura_exec in bsd_installer don't return from executing 
> > > > "/etc/rc.d/ppp-user restart".
> > > > I ended up use system
> > > > popen("etc/rc.d/ppp-user restart > /tmp/ppp.out &", "r+") handle the
> > > > task.
> > > >
> > > > Sam.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > There is no such function "aura_exec" in the installer codebase.
> >
> > Sorry, that is aura_popen.
>
>
> OK.  aura_popen() is a nearly identical copy of the popen() function, so
> I'm skeptical that there are any problems in it that aren't in popen().
>
> What are the exact arguments you called these functions with?  I assume
> the text you gave above isn't exact (since you're missing a slash in
> front of "etc" in the second command line.)  If, for instance, the
> underlying problem you are having is that the ppp-user script is hanging
> for some reason, then of course the command line that has an ampersand
> at the end will return, while the one that doesn't, won't, regardless of
> whether you use popen() or aura_popen().
I invoked argument "/etc/rc.d/ppp-user restart" in the aura_popen(), but 
it didn't return from executing the script. Now I switched back to 
popen. I may be still using the old version of aura_popen(), which I 
haven't update for 8 months or so. If during the library that consist of 
aura_popen() had been changed in the past 5 - 8 months, please let me 
know where I can download and update the library.

Sam.

> -Chris