Path: utzoo!mnetor!spectrix!clewis
From: clewis@spectrix.UUCP (Chris R. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: When the disk runneth over, UUCP keeps on sending.
Message-ID: <482@spectrix.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 88 01:12:17 GMT
References: <1224@beowulf.UUCP> <1988Feb25.231353.10821@lsuc.uucp> <4285@b-tech.UUCP>
Reply-To: clewis@spectrix.UUCP (Chris R. Lewis)
Organization: Spectrix Microsystems Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <4285@b-tech.UUCP> zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff) writes:
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|This seems to work well here.
|
|#
|# This demon script watches for a lack of space and kills incoming uucico
|# jobs when space is low.
|# Written for HDB uucp.  Non HDB uucp systems may be able to get the pid
|# from the TM file name.
|# 
|#                        - Jon Zeeff   umix!b-tech!zeeff

[ most code omitted ]

|               kill `cat /usr/spool/locks/LCK..$i`

Something like this will work on most non-HDB systems:

		set `od -d /usr/spool/uucp/LCK..$i`
		kill $2

On BSD4.3 UUCP you will probably need this instead:

		set `od -d /usr/spool/uucp/LCK/LCK..$i`
		kill $2
-- 
Chris Lewis, Spectrix Microsystems Inc,
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