<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> 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 <div style="display: inline;"> </div> ?? 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: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:james.hunt@canonical.com">james.hunt@canonical.com</a> > > To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > Subject: Re: rsyslog script > > <blockquote type="cite">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: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:grail69@hotmail.com">grail69@hotmail.com</a> > To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > 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 > -- upstart-devel mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify > settings or unsubscribe at: > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel</a> 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 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/406397">https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/406397</a>). Regards, James. </blockquote> > > -- upstart-devel mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel</a> </body> </html>