[PATCH 29/33] Check for logfile (--logfile option) and create it if necessary

Thomas Renninger
2014-11-20T14:57:04Z

From: jloeser <jloeser-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>

If a logfile is passed to dracut via --logfile option and doesn't
exist, dracut doesn't create it and logs nothing. Instead, dracut
should try to touch the file and print a warning if creating fails.

References: bnc#892191
Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
---
dracut.sh | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index 9a19b43..c657649 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -816,6 +816,16 @@ stdloglvl=$((stdloglvl + verbosity_mod_l))
# eliminate IFS hackery when messing with fw_dir
fw_dir=${fw_dir//:/ }

+# check for logfile and try to create one if it doesn't exist
+if [[ -n "$logfile" ]];then
+ if [[ ! -f "$logfile" ]];then
+ touch "$logfile"
+ if [ ! $? -eq 0 ] ;then
+ printf "%s\n" "dracut: touch $logfile failed." >&2
+ fi
+ fi
+fi
+
# handle compression options.
[[ $compress ]] || compress="gzip"
case $compress in
--
1.8.5.2