#!/bin/sh
# var-init --- creates /var/.
# first, it formats the /var partition with mkfs;
# then it copies the contents of /var-ro/ into /var/.
# This assumes that /var-ro/ is already set up the way you
# want /var to eventually be.
#
# /var must not be mounted when this is called.
# At the end of this process, /var remains unmounted.
#
# jwz, 21-May-00 (sun); 8:18 PM

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/etc:/usr/etc
export PATH

dev=`sed -n 's@^\([^ ]*\) */var .*@\1@p' < /etc/fstab`
if [ "$dev" = "" ]; then
  echo "$0: unable to find /var file system in /etc/fstab" >&2
  exit 1
fi

set -e

mkfs -t ext2 $dev
mount /var

cd /var-ro
find . -depth -print | cpio -pdm /var

cd /
umount /var

exit 0