rsyslog script

[Mathijs]

Hello,

Im not sure if this will work, but did you try something like this?

pre-start script
    COMPAT=$(/sbin/rsyslogd -v | awk 'NR == 1{print substr($2, 1, 1)}')
    export COMPAT
end script
 


??

On 2011-03-24 01:43, Grail Dane wrote:
> Hi James
>
> Thanks very much for the reply :)
>
> I had added the full path to exec as well but had not updated that when
posting (oops)
>
> Your solution to remove the variable and use the substitution has
worked but looks untidy in comparison.
> Is there no real way to pass variables to other parts of the script?
>
> I assume, based on script now working, that the script / end script
stanzas treat all variables as local hence not available
> outside. Is there an option to maybe have a global variable for a
particular script that could be set inside one stanza and used
> either in another or the exec line as in my example?
>
> Thanks again for the assist
>
> cheers
> grail
>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:12:10 +0000
> > From: james.hunt at canonical.com
> > To: upstart-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Re: rsyslog script
> >
> On 23/03/11 01:20, Grail Dane wrote:
> > In case anyone can see room to point me in the right direction here, I
> > have recorded my latest bootup
> > messages and the one for my rsyslog looks like:
>
> > init: rsyslog main process (860) terminated with status 1
> > init: rsyslog main process ended, respawning
>
> > As you can see it seems to respawn but without an associated PID yet
> > running initctl list the corresponding entry is:
>
> > rsyslog start/running
>
> > Whereas all others with a PID also have - , process PID
> > And even though it says running, a ps yields nothing and no logs are
> > getting updated.
>
> > Any thoughts or help would be appreciated :)
> > grail
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > From: grail69 at hotmail.com
> > To: upstart-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: rsyslog script
> > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 03:23:15 +0000
>
> > I seem to be stuck with this one and not sure if possible to do what I
> > am trying?
>
> > I copied the rsyslog.conf from my Ubuntu machine and changed it to the
> > below:
>
> > < ---------- start ----------------->
> > # rsyslog - system logging daemon
> > #
> > # rsyslog is an enhanced multi-threaded replacement for the traditional
> > # syslog daemon, logging messages from applications
>
> > description"system logging daemon"
>
> > start on filesystem
> > stop on runlevel [06]
>
> > expect fork
> > respawn
>
> > pre-start script
> > COMPAT=$(/sbin/rsyslogd -v | awk 'NR == 1{print substr($2, 1, 1)}')
> > end script
>
> > exec rsyslogd -c$COMPAT
> > < ---------- end ----------------->
>
> > This seems to start and assign a PID, it then terminates and respawns
> > but without a PID and consequently is not really running.
>
> > So i guess my question is: Am I not able to use variables in this way or
> > have I done it the wrong way?
> > If yes to the wrong way, would someone please educate me?
>
> > Also I am guessing this is not really a devel question ... is there a
> > support list?
>
> > Cheers
> > grail
>
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> Hi Grail,
>
> The problem with your script is that the "COMPAT" variable is not
> "visible" to the exec stanza: Upstart runs each script section in a
> separate process. Therefore I think that your exec is actually running
> "rsyslogd -c" (which is invalid).
>
> As to a solution: you don't actually need that pre-start. You could just
> do this:
>
> exec rsyslogd -c$(/sbin/rsyslogd -v | awk 'NR == 1{print substr($2, 1,
> 1)}')
>
> One other comment: you have specified the path to rsyslogd in your
> pre-start, but not in your exec stanza. I appreciate that the original
> .conf file has the same problem, but it is always best to specify the
> path to avoid surprises :)
>
> Finally, be careful with respawn and script sections (see
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/406397).
>
> Regards,
>
> James.
> >
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