openrc-discuss

Hi

On 20/01/2010 18:40, andi wrote:
> Is there the possibility to execute a user defined shellscript, when
> some events occur?
>
> The idea is : i'd like to let my box speak out what's happening via
> speech-dispatcher and it's commandline tool "spd-say".
>
> For example : when a daemon has startet, a script called
> "/lib64/rc/eventscripts/service-started.sh" is called with $svcname
> as $1. The same should be done for "service-failed",
> "service-stopped" etc....
>
> Now one could run `spd-say "$1 service failed to start"` via the
> script "/lib64/rc/eventscripts/service-failed.sh" and `spd-say "$1
> service started"` via the script
> "/lib64/rc/eventscripts/service-started.sh" ....

No, there is no support presently for that.
You would need to patch /lib/rc/sh/runscript.sh and wrap the commands there.

Thanks

Roy