06-25-2009
Automatically Rerun a script based on previous execution output
Hi Experts,
I have a shell script called "updatevs" that is scheduled to run at 6.00 am everyday via cronjob. The cronjob will execute this script and output to a log file. The functionality of this script is to read the database and run a set of commands. This script is generally successful but some times due to network outage or Database being down it fails.
Only in case of a failure i would like to rerun the script every 20 mins for the next 2 hours, if still not successful after 2 hours i would like an email to be triggered to address "xxxxx@abc.com"
There may be several ways to solve this case however I was thinking of writing a small script called "checklog" which reads the log file and searching for the obevious words like "ERROR", when found "Checklog" script will rerun "updatevs" script. I don't think this is the solution as i can't see a way of making this recurring.
Please let me know your valuable feeback on how to acheive this.
Many Thanks
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script(1) General Commands Manual script(1)
NAME
script - Makes a transcript of terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [file]
The script command makes a transcript of everything printed on your terminal.
OPTIONS
Appends the transcript to file rather than writing it to file.
OPERANDS
The name of an output file that will contain the transcript of the session. If this parameter is omitted, the file typescript is written.
DESCRIPTION
The transcript is written to file, or appended to file if the -a option is given. If no file name is given, the transcript is saved in the
file typescript.
The script ends when the forked shell exits.
This program is useful when you are using a CRT and want a hard-copy record of the dialog (for example, a technical writer might create an
example of a working session this way).
If you specify the -a option and the file does not exist, it is created.
If you do not specify the -a option and the file exists, it is replaced.
RESTRICTIONS
The script command requires a streams based terminal. In single user mode, streams may not be enabled. Under these circumstances, script
will exit with no action. If you are the superuser and need to run this command in single user mode, use the following special instruc-
tions.
Enabling Streams
If it is necessary to enable a streams environment in the single user mode, enter the command /sbin/init.d/streams. This command is avail-
able to the superuser only.
SEE ALSO
Commands: autopush(8), cat(1), echo(1), strsetup(8), tee(1)
System Administration
script(1)