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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting File in a folder and loop until time Post 302424590 by bakunin on Tuesday 25th of May 2010 08:17:22 PM
Old 05-25-2010
To be honest it eludes me what "max_time", "run_time" and "wait_time" do. For your requirement as stated they are completely unnecessary. I have corrected the most obvious syntactic errors but i doubt that this script will do anything useful.

Further, you haven't stated which shell (and, hence, shell programming language) you use, which operating system (this might make a difference on tools like "date") and you still haven't provided the script you actually wrote, but some abstracted thing which never could have run.

My magic crystal globe by which i read minds, correct things i haven't seen yet and generally do wonders is in repair right now, so the bad news is: as long as you are unwilling to give some data to work with i am unable (and unwilling) to help you.

You might want to read How to ask questions the smart way and do accordingly.

Code:
current_time=$(date +'%H%M')
typeset -i max_time=5
typeset -i run_time=0
typeset -i wait_time=1

while : ; do
     current_time=$(date +'%H%M')
     if [ $current time -gt 900 ] ; then
          if [ -e "/mydir/filename.txt" ] ; then
               mv /mydir/folder1 /mydir/folder2
               exit 0
          fi
     else
          exit 0
     fi
 
     if [ $run_time -ge $max_time ] ; then
          echo "time out"
          exit 0
     fi
 
     sleep 60
     (( run_time += wait_time ))
done

I hope this helps.

bakunin
Last edited by bakunin; 05-26-2010 at 07:23 AM..
 

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mhpath

mhpath(1mh)															       mhpath(1mh)

Name
       mhpath - print full pathnames of MH messages and folders

Syntax
       mhpath [ +foldername ] [ msgs ] [ -help ]

Description
       Use the command to display the full pathname of the specified folder.  If you do not specify a folder, displays the pathname of the current
       folder.

       If you specify a message with its message number, displays the pathname of the specified message.  You can also specify a  number  of  mes-
       sages,  or  a range of messages.  If the top of the range that you specify is greater than the last message in the folder, displays as much
       of the specified range as possible.

       Additionally can take a keyword or a sequence name.  The following keywords are acceptable:

       first	 The first message in the folder.

       last	 The last message in the folder.

       new	 The message after the last message in the folder.  You cannot use new as part of a message range.

       cur	 The current message in the folder.

       prev	 The message before the current message.

       next	 The message after the current message.

       all	 All of the messages in the folder.

Options
       -help	 Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

Examples
       In the following example, displays message 3 in the folder
       % mhpath +inbox 3
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox

       The following example displays the pathname of messages 2 to 5 in the current folder:
       % mhpath 2-5
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/2
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/3
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/4
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/5

Profile Components
       Path:   To determine your Mail directory

Files
       The user profile.

See Also
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