On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 07:47:05AM +1300, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Jose Calhariz <jose.calha...@tagus.ist.utl.pt> [2010.01.05.0723
> +1300]:
> > In my use cases I have find other ways for running code for
> > different "LOCATION".
>
> What do you use?
On my laptop I use switchconf to change /etc/network/interfaces for the
various locations. I use "pre-up", "post-up", "pre-down" and
"post-down" to mount/umount nfs filesystems and to start/stop VPN
connections.
>
> > Usually you need to run things before and after the change. Instead
> > of creating a new directory to store scripts. Why not recycle
> > before.d and after.d? During the switch, file
> > /var/lib/misc/switchconf.lastcfg have the name of the old conf.
> > If I start calling the scripts with the new conf. You have all the
> > information you may need:
> > - $1=NextConf
> > - `cat /var/lib/misc/switchconf.lastcfg`=OldConf.
>
> Sure, that would work.
>
Jose Calhariz
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