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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Example of running script with time limits? Post 302833853 by newbie_01 on Thursday 18th of July 2013 02:39:00 AM
Old 07-18-2013
Example of running script with time limits?

Hi,

I want to write a script that does some sort of health check on the database. It will query the database for information, some query takes long and some are quick.

For example, inside the script I will do something as below:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh

run_query_01 &
run_query_02 &
run_query_03 &
run_query_04 &

run_query_check_output

...
...

Reason why I want the run_query to run in the background/& is so that the script finishes quickly. I need some guidance though on how do I implement run_query_check_output.

At the moment, I am thinking each run_query in the background will create a .end file before it exits and run_query_check_output will check if this file exists or not, if it exists then the query has finished, if not, check again and wait until it find a .end file.for each run

The other thing I want to be able to check though is to put a time limit of the run of each run_query that I ran in the background. For example, if one runs for more than 15 minutes, I want it to be killed or maybe it can kill itself. Is this possible to implement? Or maybe I should spawn another script that runs in the background too that checks how long each run_query script in the background has been running? How do I check how long each background script has been running so far though? Smilie

Does anyone has an example of what I am wanting to do? Please advise.

Thanks in advance.
 

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NAME
gdmXnestchooser, gdmXnest - run an XDMCP chooser SYNOPSIS
gdmXnestchooser [--background] [--broadcast] [--direct] [--no-gdm-check] [--no-query] [--xnest-extra-options=options] [--xnest=string] [gnome-std-options] hostname DESCRIPTION
gdmXnestchooser automatically gets the correct display number, sets up access, and runs Xnest with -indirect localhost. This ensures that you get an XDMCP chooser that is provided by your machine. You can also specify the hostname whose chooser should be displayed, so that gdmXnestchooser somehost runs the XDMCP chooser from host somehost inside an Xnest. gdmXnest is a symbolic link to gdmXnestchooser and is the same as running gdmXnestchooser with the --no-query and --no-gdm-check options. gdmXnest is useful for running Xnest without actually connecting somewhere. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: --background Run in the background. You can also use -b to specify this option. --broadcast Run broadcast instead of indirect (chooser). You can also use -B to specify this option. --direct Do direct query instead of indirect (chooser). You can also use -d to specify this option. --no-gdm-check Do not check for running GDM. --no-query Just run Xnest, no query (no chooser). You can also use -n to specify this option. --xnest-extra-opExtra=options for Xnest. The default is no options. You can also use -o to specify this option. --xnest=string Xnest command line. The default value is Xnest. You can also use -x to specify this option. gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: hostname Hostname whose chooser should be displayed. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Running the XDMCP Chooser From Host somehost Inside an Xnest example% gdmXnestchooser somehost Example 2: Connecting to somehost Directly Run example% gdmXnestchooser -d somehost FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gdmXnestchooserExecutable to run an XDMCP chooser ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-display-mgr | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gdm(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmphotosetup(1), gdmsetup(1), gdmthemetester(1), gdm-restart(1m), gdmconfig(1m), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Original man page written by Martin K. Petersen <mkp@mkp.net>, George Lebl <jirka@5z.com>. Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 by Martin K. Petersen. Copyright (c) 2001, 2003, 2004 by George Lebl. Copyright (c) 2003 by Red Hat, Inc. Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.10 1 Sep 2004 gdmXnestchooser(1)
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