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# 1  
Old 03-09-2009
using find within if RC always 0?
I am trying to use find within an if statement.
Problem is, even though my find returns nothing, the RC is 0 and continues.
Intent - check the log of a weekly job for successful completion. If complete, carry on. If not, tell me and exit. Suggestions?
I have tried the following:
Code:
if find /var/opt/logdir/* -mtime -7 -exec grep "completes" {} \;
        then
        crontab -l > /tmp/root_cron.$DATE
        crontab -l | sed '/\/usr\/local\/bin\/job/s!^!#!' > /tmp/root_cron.new
        crontab /tmp/root_cron.new
        else
        echo "copy job did not complete"
        exit 0
fi

Results from command line:
Code:
 
$ find /var/opt/logdir/* -mtime -7 -exec grep "completes" {} \;
$ echo $?
$ 0
$ find /var/opt/logdir/* -mtime -7
$ echo $?
$ 0
$ find /var/opt/logdir/*
/var/opt/logdir/job.log.Mon
/var/opt/logdir/job.log.Tue
/var/opt/logdir/job.log.Wed

# 2  
Old 03-09-2009
Try...

Code:
if grep completes `find /var/opt/logdir/ -mtime -7 `
        then
        crontab -l > /tmp/root_cron.$DATE
        crontab -l | sed '/\/usr\/local\/bin\/job/s!^!#!' > /tmp/root_cron.new
        crontab /tmp/root_cron.new
        else
        echo "copy job did not complete"
        exit 0
fi

This gets a whole list of files and then greps in one go rather than file by file as the original did.
# 3  
Old 03-12-2009
JerryHone, thanks for the response. This works great if the find returns a file. However, in the event the job has not run in the last 7 days, there is no file returned and we are left with
Code:
grep completes <blank>

which just sits there. Any other thoughts?
Last edited by 22blaze; 03-12-2009 at 11:42 AM.. Reason: include code tags
# 4  
Old 03-12-2009
I came up with an alternate solution. redirect the find output to a new file then test the new file. if empty, bail out, else grep for complete from the file found.
# 5  
Old 03-12-2009
Code:
if grep completes /dev/null `find /var/opt/logdir/ -mtime -7 `
        then
        crontab -l > /tmp/root_cron.$DATE
        crontab -l | sed '/\/usr\/local\/bin\/job/s!^!#!' > /tmp/root_cron.new
        crontab /tmp/root_cron.new
        else
        echo "copy job did not complete"
        exit 0
fi

This will always grep through /dev/null. That will always result in a false so the results of the find should drive the 'if' clause
# 6  
Old 03-13-2009
here is a alternetive
AMIT=`find /var/opt/logdir/* -mtime -7 -exec grep "completes" {} \`
if [ $AMIT -ge 1 ]
then
print "${@} Ok"
else
print "${@} Not Ok"
RETURN_CODE=106
exit $RETURN_CODE
fi
# 7  
Old 03-13-2009

Old versions of find would return an error if nothing was found, but newer ones don't. Instead, check whether anything was found with:

Code:
found=$( find /var/opt/logdir/* -mtime -7 -exec grep "completes" {} \; )
if [ -n "$found" ]
        then
        crontab -l > /tmp/root_cron.$DATE
        crontab -l | sed '/\/usr\/local\/bin\/job/s!^!#!' > /tmp/root_cron.new
        crontab /tmp/root_cron.new
        else
        echo "copy job did not complete"
        exit 0
fi

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