Re: [gentoo-user] Disable fcron logging

[Stroller]

On 22 Aug 2010, at 20:00, Stroller wrote:
> On 22 Aug 2010, at 11:26, Alex Schuster wrote:
>> Stroller writes:
>>>
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> while true
>>> do
>>>  for drive in a b c d
>>>  do
>>>     /usr/sbin/smartctl /dev/sd$drive --whatever >> /var/log/hdstate
>>>  done
>>> sleep 60
>>> done
>>
>> I use hdparm and hddtemp:
>>
>> for hd in sda sdb sdc sdd
>> do
>> ...
>> 	echo "$hd: $state $temp"
>> done
>
> The script with which you reply is missing the sleep 60 loop.
>
>> ...
>> The problem with cron is that I get those cron logs I do not like,
>> and
>> that the update time of 60 seconds is a little long. Running the
>> script in
>> a loop, started in .kde4/Autostart, would be better, but as a user
>> I have
>> no permission to call hdparm or hdtemp. I do not want to be part of
>> the
>> disk group, and when using sudo I would get the logs by sudo I
>> wanted to
>> avoid. So now I SUID'ed hdparm and hddtemp, changed the group to
>> wheel and
>> disabled execution for others. cron problem not solved, but
>> workarounded.
>
> Running a script which contains `while true ... sleep 60` will cause
> only a single logging action. You can run it as root at startup
> using /etc/conf.d/local.start and have the file world readable.

Sorry, this wasn't very clear:

If your script contains `while true ... sleep 60` then you'll only  
need to run it once.

Stroller.