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From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: uucp cleanup script
Message-ID: <104374@becker.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 91 17:35:09 GMT
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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in Amiga Unix System V Release 4, version 1.1, there
is a misfeature in the "uudemon.cleanup" script:

	SPOOL=/var/spool/uucp
	[...]
	cd $SPOOL
	if [ "`pwd`" != "$SPOOL" ]; then
		... mail error message to admin ...

This has been in the script for perhaps 5-6 years.

It breaks under SysVr4 because "/var/spool" is a
symbolic link to "/usr/spool"; when the cd is done,
the working directory is now "/usr/spool/uucp" (at
least according to /bin/sh - ksh should succeed).

The same problem exists for cd'ing to .Log directories,
since
	VAR=/var/uucp
	LOGDIR=$VAR/.Log
	[...]
		cd $LOGDIR/$i
		if [ "`pwd`" != "$LOGDIR/$i" ]; then
			... mail error message to admin ...

and "/var/uucp" is a symbolic link to "/usr/spool/uucp"...


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