1) Check with your tutor
Is using the unix "uptime" command allowed?
2) How do you stop the process?
Some prefer using a "semaphore" file which when it exists causes the script to remove the file then exit.
Others prefer using a Shell "trap" command and issuing say a "kill -15" to stop the script.
I use both. Sometimes you can't wait for a poll.
3) Here is an example of continuous operation of a Shell script as a Service.
4) Can your process keep running ?
This is unix. Uptime in months and years is not unusual.
5) If you are using rc scripts
You have a S script to get things started on reboot.
Don't forget to have a K script which issues an appropriate "kill -15"
to get stop the background script quickly.
i'm trying to write a script that will check my os x box for uptime and autorestart gracefully if the uptime is greater than a certain number of days.
thus far i have this:
if uptime | cut -d ',' -f 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 4 -gt 10 ; then
echo "yes"
fi
this doesn't work and i've tried... (11 Replies)
Let me preface by saying, I have looked through many threads that deal with keep the decimal, however I'm not sure that any one resolution meets my needs, ok, ok, they could. So maybe it's just that I am not understanding the resolution - therefore I am posting a new thread.
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Hi,
I want to write a service like windows service for my rhel4u5 server.And this service every day at 4:00 am connect a ftp server and download file then parse information at txt file then insert or update info at my database server(oracle).and this service can be stopped or paused by user.And... (1 Reply)
I'm sure this is a simple thing but I can't figure it out. In a script that I'm writing, I'd like to be able to store each line of output from "ls -l" into a variable. Ultimately I'd like to end up with something like:
for a in `ls -l`
do something with $a
doneBut that's reading each... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I wish to store the password in an rsync script so that when prompted it just enters the password.
I know I can set up passwordless logins, but I have never been able to do this on this particular server so I am resorting to storing the password in the script:
rsync -avz -e ssh... (4 Replies)
Hi,
Can you please advise a script for the following:
write linux service named system_up_duration .This service will create one file named uptime in directory ‘/temp/'. In this file the service will store the total time for which the system is up and running .The file will be updated after... (1 Reply)
Hi!
I want to extract the uptime from the output of the uptime command.
The output:
11:53 up 3:02, 2 users, load averages: 0,32 0,34 0,43
I just need the "3:02" part. How can I do this?
Dirk (6 Replies)
Hi. I wanted to create a Perl script which can take the outputs of a Perl script as it's input and temporarily store them in a document. Need help.
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Hi
I am trying to store the output of a command into an array in perl script.
I am able to store but the problem is i am unable to print the array line with one line space. i mean i inserted the \n in loop ...but not getting the result.
I have written like this
#!/usr/bin/perl
@a =... (2 Replies)
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uudemon
uudemon(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual uudemon(4)NAME
uudemon.admin, uudemon.cleanu, uudemon.hour, uudemon.poll - Administrative shell scripts for polling remote systems, cleaning up spool
directories, reporting status to the system administrator, and routine invocations of the uuxqt and uusched daemons
SYNOPSIS
These shell scripts reside in the following directory:
/usr/lib/uucp
DESCRIPTION
All the scripts can be run from the command line or can be run automatically by the cron daemon. To automatically run the scripts, remove
the comment character (#) from the beginning of the relevant line in the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp file.
This script reports status to the system administrator. It issues the uustat command to find out the status of uucp jobs. It mails the
results to the uucp login ID. The script may be modified to send mail to any login ID such as the uucp administrative login ID (uucpa) or
root. This script cleans up the /var/spool/uucp and /var/spool/uucppublic directories by running the uucleanup command. The uucleanup com-
mand is run with the following parameters: -C7, -D7, X2, -o2, -W1. This script runs the uusched and uuxqt daemons in the background. This
script polls the systems listed in the /usr/lib/uucp/Poll file. The uudemon.poll script should be scheduled before the uudemon.hour
script. This allows uudemon.poll to create any command files before cron runs the uudemon.hour script.
FILES
Contains the uudemon.admin, uudemon.cleanu, uudemon.hour and uudemon.poll files. Contains the uucp file.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: cron(8), uucleanup(8), uusched(8), uuxqt(1)
Files: /usr/lib/uucp delim off
uudemon(4)