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Automatically revert change to a config file
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # Example: | |
| # deadman /etc/network/interfaces 120 && service networking restart & | |
| # | |
| # After two minutes, changes are reverted and the service is restarted. | |
| # No getting locked out! | |
| # (you were root weren't you?) | |
| backup=`cat "$1"` | |
| if [ -z "$2" ] | |
| then | |
| sleep 60 | |
| else | |
| sleep "$2" | |
| fi | |
| echo "$backup" > "$1" |
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