When you use code tags (which is good ) then please use square brackets instead of < and >
Ok to your problem - here is a suggestion how it could look like:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
MYFILE=/here/it/is/myfile
Z=1
while (( $Z < 30 )); do
if [ ! -e $MYFILE ]; then
let Z=$Z+1
sleep 1
else
echo it arrived
exit 0
fi
done
echo 30 seconds are over and it did not arrive
exit 1
Last edited by zaxxon; 07-29-2010 at 11:31 AM..
Reason: changed failure message
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
print
print(1) User Commands print(1)NAME
print - shell built-in function to output characters to the screen or window
SYNOPSIS
ksh
print [ -Rnprsu [n]] [arg...]
DESCRIPTION
ksh
The shell output mechanism. With no flags or with flag - or -, the arguments are printed on standard output as described by echo(1).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-n suppresses new-line from being added to the output.
-R
-r (raw mode) ignore the escape conventions of echo. The -R option will print all subsequent arguments and options other than
-n.
-p causes the arguments to be written onto the pipe of the process spawned with |& instead of standard output.
-s causes the arguments to be written onto the history file instead of standard output.
-u [ n ] flag can be used to specify a one digit file descriptor unit number n on which the output will be placed. The default is 1.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful operation.
>0 Output file is not open for writing.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO echo(1), ksh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 print(1)
07-29-2010
) then please use square brackets instead of < and > 