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Old 10-29-2008
Check if script run by a user directly or via other scripts
Hi,
i have a script 'a.sh' that should be called only by certain scripts like b.sh, c.sh

Inside a.sh, how can i determine
1) if this script was run directly from command prompt (or scheduler)
2) if called via other scripts?

Is there an easy way to get parent process name (not just pid), other than doing ps -ef

Thanks,
-srinivas yelamanchili
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Old 10-30-2008
Export the PID of b.sh./c.sh before you call a.sh.
Inside a.sh you can compare the PPID with the exported PID of the caller.

Regards
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Old 10-30-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Export the PID of b.sh./c.sh before you call a.sh.
Inside a.sh you can compare the PPID with the exported PID of the caller.

Regards
perfect franklin it should work
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