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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Simple Ping script Post 302422291 by brian112 on Tuesday 18th of May 2010 03:36:26 AM
Old 05-18-2010
Simple Ping script
Hi there

i am busy compiling a script to ping a remote server, when the server is alive i get it to send me an sms, however i cant seem to make the ping stop, can somebody please help? please?

Code:
while (9)
    set ans="`ping $IPaddress 1`"
    if ( "$ans" == "IPaddress is alive" ) continue             
    sleep 5
    echo "is alive"
end  
echo out of loopp. my script that i have created is below.

Kind regards...

brian
Last edited by pludi; 05-18-2010 at 04:43 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
 

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ocf_pacemaker_ping

OCF_PACEMAKER_PING(7)					      Pacemaker Configuration					     OCF_PACEMAKER_PING(7)

NAME

       ocf_pacemaker_ping - node connectivity

SYNOPSIS

       [OCF_RESKEY_pidfile=string] [OCF_RESKEY_dampen=integer] [OCF_RESKEY_name=string] [OCF_RESKEY_multiplier=integer]
       [OCF_RESKEY_host_list=string] [OCF_RESKEY_attempts=integer] [OCF_RESKEY_timeout=integer] [OCF_RESKEY_options=string]
       [OCF_RESKEY_debug=string]

       ping [start | stop | reload | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]

DESCRIPTION

       Every time the monitor action is run, this resource agent records (in the CIB) the current number of ping nodes the host can connect to. It
       is essentially the same as pingd except that it uses the system ping tool to obtain the results.

SUPPORTED PARAMETERS

       OCF_RESKEY_pidfile = string [/var/run//ping-default]
	   PID file

       OCF_RESKEY_dampen = integer [5s]
	   Dampening interval

	   The time to wait (dampening) further changes occur

       OCF_RESKEY_name = string [pingd]
	   Attribute name

	   The name of the attributes to set. This is the name to be used in the constraints.

       OCF_RESKEY_multiplier = integer []
	   Value multiplier

	   The number by which to multiply the number of connected ping nodes by

       OCF_RESKEY_host_list = string []
	   Host list

	   The list of ping nodes to count. Defaults to all configured ping nodes. Rarely needs to be specified.

       OCF_RESKEY_attempts = integer [2]
	   no. of ping attempts

	   Number of ping attempts, per host, before declaring it dead

       OCF_RESKEY_timeout = integer [2]
	   ping timeout in seconds

	   How long, in seconds, to wait before declaring a ping lost

       OCF_RESKEY_options = string []
	   Extra Options

	   A catch all for any other options that need to be passed to ping.

       OCF_RESKEY_debug = string [false]
	   Verbose logging

	   Enables to use default attrd_updater verbose logging on every call.

AUTHOR

       Andrew Beekhof <andrew@beekhof.net>
	   Author.

Pacemaker Configuration 					    07/05/2010						     OCF_PACEMAKER_PING(7)
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