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>From: "Bo Berglund" <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> >To: "Mathew Plattz" <plattze at hotmail.com>,<cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook> >Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Check if no user if connected >Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 16:43:02 +0200 > >CVS does not keep a "connection" so there are no connected users and there >is no no-mans land to be left in... >What happens is that *every* time a cvs client sends a command to the >server >it will also send user authentication that is used for that single command. >When the command is done there is noone connected at all. > >So what you are looking for are very transient appearances of cvs.exe in >the >process list. Typically a cvs transaction lasts for maybe a second or >slightly >longer, then it is gone again. > >If you stop CVS in the middle of a longer transaction then that is aborted >with >no ill effects normally. > >But if you can check on the process list first for cvs.exe then you are >pretty >much on the safe side. > >Bo > >-----Original Message----- >From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org]On Behalf >Of Mathew Plattz >Sent: den 11 maj 2004 04:26 >To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook >Subject: [cvsnt] Check if no user if connected > > >I'm writing a script to do a nightly CVS backup (into zipped package). > >It will be pretty simple > >//first check that no one is connected and using it. >net stop cvsnt >rar.exe -blah $date.rar >net start cvsnt > >+some error checking/feedback. > > >Thats basically it. How do I check if no one is connected to it? Don't >want to stop the Service is someone is doing an update....(even though this >will be sheduled to run at midnight, I'd like to check...) If someone is >connected, I plan on just waiting 5 minutes, then retrying indefinately. > >Also, is it possible to stop the CVS, but keep CVS server running to send >back a specific error message to the user? Instead of completely stopping >CVS and leave anyone who connects in no-mans-land, It would be nice if I >could 'disable' the server, but if anyone tries to connect, it denies then >and just says "Server is down for Maintainence, please try again in 10 >minutes". Is this possible? > >Thank you very much. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Impossible is not a fact, it's an opinion. Have your say! Check out the >inspiring stories at http://www.adidas.com.au/impossible We dare you. > >_______________________________________________ >cvsnt mailing list >cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook >http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs So CVSNT server spwns a cvs.exe executable for every connection into it? This script will be run on the server side. _________________________________________________________________ Get Extra Storage in 10MB, 25MB, 50MB and 100MB options now! Go to http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-au&page=hotmail/es2