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

[sam <samwun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sam wrote:

> 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.
The exact command I execute was:
command_add(cmds,"/etc/rc.d/ppp-user restart");
commands_execute(a, cmds);

Sam.

> Sam.
>
> > -Chris