I am trying to find a way to check the current status of a file. Such as some cron job processes are dependent on the completion of others. if a file is currently being accessed / modified or simply open state I will wait until it is done being processed before attempting the next process on that... (3 Replies)
The following script is meant to check the presence of a file - called filename0.94.tar.gz - and uncompress it:
#!/bin/sh
# check presence of file
VERSION=0.94
if ; then
# file not present: abort
echo "Files cannot be found."
#exit 1 (commented out this line, so we can see how the... (2 Replies)
I am out of idea what to do to resolve the problem!
I need to use the open(file, for.., access) function to write a file.
Never have the situation like that: it is return 0 - zero.
As a result all write(..) going to the screen!
What the problem it could be?
I do not even know... (2 Replies)
First post, sorry to be a bother but this one has been dogging me. I have a process user (java application server) that trips a resource limit every couple weeks and need help finding what limit we're hitting.
First, this is what's running:
This is the error when jobs are run or the... (0 Replies)
I know how to check if any file has a unix process using a file by looking at 'lsof <fullpath/filename>' command.
I think using lsof is very expensive. Also to make it accurate we need to inlcude fullpath of the file.
Is there another command that can tell if a file has a truely active... (12 Replies)
Hey all,
I'm brand new to script writing, I'm wanting to make a script that will ask for a file and then retrieve that file if it exists, and if it doesn't exist, create the file with the desired name, and I'm completely stuck.. so far..
#! bin/bash
echo "Enter desired file"
read "$file"
if ... (5 Replies)
I am fetching a database table in spool file and send that details as a email.
The Spooled file content is properly being displayed in UNIX.
See Example below :
ID|FILENAME |ABCDEF_DT |PROCESSED_DT |STATUS... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I want to check if one my log file is updating properly, how can I achieve it.
The approach I am trying is to get the file size at two different interval and than comparing it eg :
$ ls -ltr | tail -1 | awk '{print $5}'
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Hi Experts,
I have this script to count the number of files based on prefix and suffix values.
#!/bin/ksh
file_date=$1
prefix=$2
suffix=$3
file_count=$(ls -l /db/day_file/{$prefix}*${file_date}*{$suffix})
The files in the directory /db/day_file are as below.
20170501
20170501... (7 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT HPUX
dup
dup(2) System Calls Manual dup(2)NAME
dup - duplicate an open file descriptor
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
fildes is a file descriptor obtained from a or system call. returns a new file descriptor having the following in common with the origi-
nal:
o Same open file (or pipe).
o Same file pointer (i.e., both file descriptors share one file pointer).
o Same access mode (read, write or read/write).
o Same file status flags (see fcntl(2),
The new file descriptor is set to remain open across system calls. See fcntl(2).
The file descriptor returned is the lowest one available.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the file descriptor is returned as a non-negative integer. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and is set to
indicate the error.
ERRORS
fails if one or more of the following is true:
fildes is not a valid open file descriptor.
Request violates the maximum number of open file descriptors.
AUTHOR
was developed by AT&T and HP.
SEE ALSO close(2), creat(2), dup2(2), exec(2), fcntl(2), open(2), pipe(2), privileges(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE dup(2)