03-03-2009
exit out of a while loop with error
im running a while loop as a file watcher, with incremental counter on the retries..however when the retries reach it's limit i want it exit and echo and error and stop the batch. Im not sure the code i have will do that already...
Here is what i have that works:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
count=0
while [ $count -lt 3 ]
do
count=`expr $count + 1`
echo "Try $count"
RUNDATE=`date "+%h%e"`
filedate=`xyz.txt | awk '{print $6,$7}`
if [ "$Spotfiledate" != "$RUNDATE" ]
then
echo "File's date is $Spotfiledate and today's date is $RUNDATE. They don't match"
echo "I will sleep 30 seconds and try again; 3 tries is my limit"
sleep 30
else echo "Today's file $Spotfiledate is now in."
echo "Sleeping 30 secs to allow it to process."
sleep 30
break
fi
done
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smd-loop
smd-loop(1) Sync Mail Dir (smd) documentation smd-loop(1)
NAME
smd-loop - iterates smd-pull and smd-push
SYNOPSIS
smd-loop [-vt]
DESCRIPTION
smd-loop runs smd-push and smd-pull at regular intervals as defined by the user in the ~/.smd/loop configuration file. On errors that are
reported to be transient, it retries a second time before failing.
The configuration file is line-oriented. Each line is composed of three space separated fields: pull-frequency, push-frequency and end-
point-name. Frequencies are expressed in minutes, while endpoint name is a valid name for smd-pull(1) and smd-push(1). Lines beginning with
# are considered as comments. The following example calls the command smd-pull default every 3 minutes, and smd-push default every 10.
Example:
# pull-frequency push-frequency endpoint-name
3 10 default
OPTIONS
-v Increase program verbosity (printed on stderr)
-t Just create a template configuration file if none
FILES
~/.smd/loop
SEE ALSO
mddiff(1), smd-server(1), smd-client(1), smd-push(1), smd-pull(1)
AUTHOR
Enrico Tassi <gares@fettunta.org>
11 June 2012 smd-loop(1)