Added support to update-motd to allow for message modules to run with

frequencies other than every 10 minutes (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)

diff --git a/update-motd b/update-motd
index 044802c92c3e87b2cdcf7011c690ce4dc58160b5..31a34fb2870b51a4430107514b0f7036d5ccf9f7 100755 (executable)
--- a/update-motd
+++ b/update-motd
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ NEW=/var/run/motd.new
 SKEL=/etc/motd.tail
 REAL=/var/run/motd
 DIR=/etc/$NAME.d
+FREQ=
 DISABLED=/var/lib/$NAME/disabled
 LASTRUN=/var/run/$NAME.lastrun
 FORCE=0
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ fi
 usage() {
        echo "Usage:
 
-  update-motd [--disable|--enable|--force]
+  update-motd [--disable|--enable|--force] [d|hourly|daily|weekly|monthly]
 
     --disable - will prevent update-motd from running; useful for
                 temporarily disabling automatic updates of /etc/motd
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ usage() {
                 /etc/cron.d/update-motd cronjob.
     --force   - will override a disabled update-motd for a single
                 update of /etc/motd.
+    d         - will run the scripts in /etc/$NAME.d        (Default)
+    hourly    - will run the scripts in /etc/$NAME.d/hourly
+    daily     - will run the scripts in /etc/$NAME.d/daily
+    weekly    - will run the scripts in /etc/$NAME.d/weekly
+    monthly   - will run the scripts in /etc/$NAME.d/monthly
 " 1>&2
 }
 
@@ -79,12 +85,19 @@ for arg in $@; do
                "--force"|"-f")
                        FORCE=1
                ;;
+               "d")
+                       FREQ=
+               ;;
+               "hourly"|"daily"|"weekly"|"monthly")
+                       FREQ=$arg
+               ;;
                *)
                        usage
                        exit 1
                ;;
        esac
 done
+DIR="$DIR/$FREQ"
 
 if [ -f "$DISABLED" ] && [ "$FORCE" != "1" ]; then
        echo "$NAME is currently disabled.
@@ -103,8 +116,22 @@ trap "rm -f $NEW 2>/dev/null || true" EXIT HUP INT QUIT TERM
 uname -snrvm > $NEW
 [ -f $SKEL ] && cat $SKEL >> $NEW
 
-# Run each script, appending to the new motd
-run-parts --lsbsysinit $DIR >>$NEW 2>/dev/null
+# Create a directory to cache the script output across update-motd
+# runs of different frequencies
+mkdir -p "/var/run/$NAME"
+# Obtain a list of the current scripts "due" to run
+scripts=`run-parts --lsbsysinit --test $DIR`
+for script in $scripts; do
+       file=`basename "$script"`
+       # Run each script, writing to a cache file, of the same num-name
+       # of the script executing
+       $script > "/var/run/$NAME/$file" 2>/dev/null
+done
+# Now, concatenate ALL of the cached update-motd output, thus collecting
+# ordered output across update-motd runs of different frequencies
+for file in `ls /var/run/$NAME`; do
+       cat "/var/run/$NAME/$file" >> $NEW
+done
 
 # Move the new motd into place
 mv -f $NEW $REAL