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From: "Michael Hale" <michaelh@cipheroptics.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [SOLVED] RE: Weird environment for usb-storage script?
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:19:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-106382289600612@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-106382035329707@msgid-missing>

I am having trouble understanding what 'exec >/tmp/foo.$$ 2>&1' does.  I
understand  that $$ becomes my pid and that stdout and stderr are
redirected, but doesn't exec take a command?  What am I missing?  Also
why would my commands not run previously if they generated output on
stdout?

- Michael

>-----Original Message-----
>From: linux-hotplug-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 
>[mailto:linux-hotplug-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On 
>Behalf Of Michael Hale
>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:37 PM
>To: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: [SOLVED] RE: Weird environment for usb-storage script?
>
>
>Thanks Joerg,
>
>I changed my usb-storage script to look like this:
>#!/bin/sh
>
>exec >/tmp/foo.$$ 2>&1
>set -x
>invoke-rc.d ssh start
>eject
>
>echo '#!/bin/sh
>killall -9 sshd
>eject -t' > $REMOVER
>
>chmod 777 $REMOVER
>
>...and it starts and stops the ssh server.  Now I just need to 
>read some man pages and figure out what exec and set -x are 
>actually doing :)
>
>Thanks again, Michael
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: linux-hotplug-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
>>[mailto:linux-hotplug-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On 
>>Behalf Of Joerg Sommer
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:55 AM
>>To: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: Re: Weird environment for usb-storage script?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-17 17:36 [SOLVED] RE: Weird environment for usb-storage script? Michael Hale
2003-09-17 18:19 ` Michael Hale [this message]
2003-09-17 20:25 ` Joerg Sommer
2003-09-17 21:11 ` Michael Hale

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