Hi guys

I have a a variable called check_ts which holds a date value. this date value keeps refreshing every 15 minutes.

I am going to start a cron job 5 minutes after the refresh. I have to check if the current date > 20 min of check_ts. how do i do that.

thanks
ragha

the value of check_ts is like this

10/24/2006 3:15:47 PM

cal_days

#!/bin/perl
use Time::Local;
my $month=shift;
my $day=shift;
my $year=shift;
my $hour=shift;
my $min=shift;
my $sec=shift;
my $var=shift;
if ( "\u$var" =~ /PM/ )
{       $hour=$hour+12; }
my $time = timelocal(sec,min,hour,$day,$month-1,$year-1900);
my $time1 = timelocal(localtime());
my $days = ( $time1-$time ) / 60;
printf("%f", $days);

cal_days `echo $check_ts | sed -e "s/\// /g" -e "s/:/ /g"`

anbu

thanks a lot for the reply. is cal_days a seperate file. how do i invoke it and where do i implement my logic for checking if the current time is greater than 20 min or not. my shell script knowledge is very poor.

thanks

tm=$(cal_days `echo $check_ts | sed -e "s/\// /g" -e "s/:/ /g"`)

if [ $tm -ge 20 ]
then
   echo "greater than or equal"
else
   echo "lesser"
fi

thanks a lot anbu.

is cal_days a file with .pl extension. where should i save that file. how will i invoke it as a function in my current file. pls elaborate on this. i appreciate your help. thanks again.