Originally Posted by mlott

Hi all

I have the following which is part of a larger interactive script for adding virtual hosts to Apache's configuration (it was built for non-technical administrators). I'm curious as to whether there is a simpler way of achieving the same thing. All it does is look into the /etc/httpd/sites-enabled/ directory and check if the user is adding a FQDN that is already live, and if so, prompts them to add a different FQDN:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

queryFQDN()
{
declare -a VHOST
VHOST=( $(ls -1 /etc/httpd/sites-enabled/) )
printf "What is the Fully Qualified Domain Name?\n"
read FQDN
for i in ${VHOST[@]};do
        if [ "$i" == "$FQDN" ];then
        return 1
        fi
done
}

queryFQDN

while [ "$?" -eq "1" ];do
printf "FQDN already exists.\nYou will have to choose another value.\n"
queryFQDN
done

exit 0

Any ideas would be most appreciated.

Mike