#!/bin/sh # # Purpose: Perform appropriate startup of GParted executable gpartedbin. # # On systems with hal-lock, use hal-lock to acquire device # locks prior to running gpartedbin. # This is to prevent devices from being automounted. # File system problems can occur if devices are mounted # prior to the completion of GParted's operations. # See GParted bug #324220 # http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324220 # # On systems without hal-lock, invoke gpartedbin directly. # # # Search PATH to determine if hal-lock program can be found # HAVE_HAL_LOCK=no for k in '' `echo "$PATH" | sed 's,:, ,g'`; do if test -x "$k/hal-lock"; then if test "z`ps -e | grep hald`" != "z"; then HAVE_HAL_LOCK=yes break fi fi done # # Use hal-lock for invocation if it exists, otherwise simply run gpartedbin # if test "x$HAVE_HAL_LOCK" = "xyes"; then hal-lock --interface org.freedeskdesktop.Hal.Device.Storage --exclusive \ --run "@installdir@/gpartedbin $*" else @installdir@/gpartedbin $* fi