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Created November 30, 2012 17:45
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Check and initate required reboot (Linux)
#!/bin/bash
os=$(facter operatingsystem)
case "$os" in
Fedora)
kernel_installed=$(yum list installed kernel | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
;;
Ubuntu)
kernel_installed=$(grep vmlinuz /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
awk '{print $2}' | xargs -I '{}' basename {} | uniq |
head -n 1 | sed 's/vmlinuz\\-//')
;;
*)
echo "unknown os '$os'"
exit 1
;;
esac
kernel_running=$(uname -r | sed 's/\\.x86_64//')
if [ "$kernel_running" != "$kernel_installed" ]; then
echo "rebooting ..."
/sbin/reboot &
exit 42
else
exit 0
fi
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