Hi,

if you are not sure when the server will be started then you can write two scripts, first one will check if server is started or not. Then place this script into crontab and set its check (running) period according to your requirements and your system performance; lets say 15 seconds everyday, or 1 day of month or one day of every week etc.. Then add a conditional part into the first script so that you can trigger the second script with grep part.

lets say:

Code:

if [ -e  "/LOGS/applications_backup/output.txt" ]; then ##server start log##
cd scripts_directory
./log_check_script
else
echo "server not started"
exit 0
fi