[et-mgmt-tools] Re: Cobbler reposync cron script

[Sandor W. Sklar]

On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Robin Bowes wrote:

> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>> Adrian Revill wrote:
>>> for name in $(awk '/name:/ {print($2)}' /var/lib/cobbler/repos)
>>> do
>>>       run $name
>>> done
>> One small change I'd make is to make the last awk line run 'cobbler  
>> repo list' instead of grepping the file, that way
>> it works regardless of the storage backend -- though everyone  
>> pretty much uses the stock one.
>
> As I always say, if it looks too complicated, there's probably a  
> better way to do it:
>
> for name in `cobbler repo list`
> do
> 	run $name
> done


... and I'm not sure why:

cobbler reposync > /dev/null

... isn't sufficient.  Is there an advantage to doing the repos one at  
a time?  I've got the above.  If everything works, I get no email.  If  
there is a problem, it gets sent to stderr, so I get email.

	-s-