[Firebird-devel] Minor bug in Linux install script

[Milan B. <mil...@gm...>]

Hi,

I was installing FB1.5.3 on few machines, and found a small problem.
The machines had x0rfbserver running (it provides VNC server for
user's current X session, so it is not that uncommon). Anyway, the
Firebird's script:

scripts/preinstall.sh

checks for fbserver/ibserver like this:

ps -efww | egrep "(fbserver|fbguard)" | grep -v grep

The problem is that "x0rfbserver" contains word "fbserver", and
installer refuses to run. I had no trouble fixing it myself, but I
suppose some novice users would have a hard time.

There are various approaches to the problem. One is to use pidof, for
example. Or, grep itself could be improved to detect fbserver only
when it is a single word, this seems to work fine:

ps -efww | egrep "\b(fbserver|fbguard)\b" | grep -v grep


-- 
Milan Babuskov
http://www.flamerobin.org