local_is_backup

[sql.git] / libexec / local_is_backup

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import socket, sys
+from urllib import urlopen
+is_backup = False
+try:
+    master = urlopen('http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/contrib/sql/etc/master').read().strip()
+    if master != socket.gethostname():
+        is_backup = True
+except Exception, e:
+    pass
+
+if is_backup:
+    sys.exit(0)
+else:
+    sys.exit(1)