run a script after UPCP

If you create a file in /scripts named postupcp ( no caps ) then cpanel will run whatever is in this file when upcp finishes.

 

In the upcp script is:

Code:

if (-e "/scripts/postupcp") {
   system("/scripts/postupcp");
}

If a script called postupcp exists in the /scripts directory, it will automatically be run after upcp. All you need to do is name your script postupcp and put it in the /scripts directory and it will do what you want.

 

Haze beat me to it, but I gave an explanation.

 

I've studied most of the scripts. Makes it easier to write my own custom scripts to work with them.

 

Did you rename it to postupcp with or without an extension? It has to be called just "postupcp", no extension.

 

Also,

1. You need to make it executable:

chmod +x /scripts/postupcp

2. You need to have a shell of some sort as the first line of /scripts/postupcp , for example:

#!/bin/sh

or for a perl script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

 

Sounds like in the auto mode it's not getting that far, but it should.

If you want to modify the backup script, you can have it call your script.

Open the /scripts/cpbackup file and put:

Code:

if (-e "/scripts/postupcp") {
   system("/scripts/postupcp");
}

just before:

Code:

sub isolderthen {

if you have backup enabled.

If backup is not enabled, you will have to put it just before:

Code:

if ($CONF{'BACKUPENABLE'} ne "yes") {

but you will need to change that if you enable backup later.


You can change the /scripts/postupcp that you add if you want to put your script elsewhere, or give it a different name.

 

An alternative, which I've used in the past, is to modify the root crontab so that it runs another command after upcp:

/scripts/upcp ; /scripts/postupcp

 

See, that's my problem. I like playing with scripts so much that I don't even think of the easy way.

 

CoolMike, (nice name btw)

If you do modify the crontab, you probably will want to change the script or path because if you call it postupcp it might end up getting run twice, by the cpanel call, (supposed to anyway), then by the cronjob call.