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From: Peter Ajamian <peter@pajamian.dhs.org>
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This is something I did a few weeks ago but didn't get around to
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submitting it until now. Basically There have always been a few things
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about the autorun script which have always irked me, this "improved"
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version is my attempt to correct those deficiencies as well as to add a
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little bit of extra functionality to the script. The script addresses
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the following deficiencies:
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- syslog rotation: When a new MUD is started an error is produced
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during the syslog rotation after the first 6 times the MUD is run. This
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is because there is no check for the existance of the files being
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rotated.
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- autorun crashes append to log instead of rotating: If autorun crashes,
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or is manually killed, or a server reboot is done without first shutting
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down the MUD then the new syslog will continue to append to the old one
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instead of rotating the syslogs and starting a fresh one. This is
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because the syslogs are currently rotated only _after_ the mud is
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properly shut down. To correct for this I have allowed for syslog
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rotation before the MUD boots as well. Also this script will detect
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improper shutdown of autorun and make a note in the syslog before
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rotating them.
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- Better customization of grep-generated logs: Various options have been
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added to the autorun script to allow for easy customization of
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grep-generated logs. See the comments in the script for details.
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You may want to do some compatibility testing on varying platforms
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because this uses various commands that were are not present in the
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current autorun (cut, mktemp, and maybe others I can't think of now).
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This script also uses functions.
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