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To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] /sbin/hotplug multiplexor - take 2
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From: Frederic Lepied <flepied@mandrakesoft.com>
Date: 16 Apr 2003 08:22:13 +0200
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:

> Ok, based on the comments so far, how about this proposed version of
> /sbin/hotplug to provide a multiplexor?

I think it would be good to launch only the files ending by a special
extension to avoid running backup files. Something like that:

#!/bin/sh
DIR="/etc/hotplug.d"

for I in "${DIR}/$1/"*.hotplug "${DIR}/"all/*.hotplug ; do
	test -x $I && $I $1 ;
done
-- 
Fred - May the source be with you