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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Avoid multiple emails being sent - Counter, Loop? Post 302905224 by Wizard_1979 on Tuesday 10th of June 2014 11:15:30 AM
Old 06-10-2014
Avoid multiple emails being sent - Counter, Loop?
Hello,

I have currently coded a bash script below in which it does the following:

# Archives compressed file from another location.

Basically it moves *.gz files to another location.

The script also sends an email whenever a new compressed file is placed. This is the issue that i have. Whenever a new file is placed, the mail is sent, but it continues to do so every 30 minutes (as set in cron).

The problem is i want to sent the email one time whenever the compressed file is sent, then of course another one once another file is placed (can be in same day).

Here's my code:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Archive compressed core files 
CORE_DIR="/var/crash"
ARCHIVE_DIR="/mnt/Backups/crash"
mv $CORE_DIR/*.gz $ARCHIVE_DIR
 
touch -t `date +%m%d0000` /tmp/$$
cd $ARCHIVE_DIR
zip=`find 2>/dev/null core*.gz -type f -newer /tmp/$$ | wc -l`
rm /tmp/$$
 
if [ $zip -ge 1 ] 
then
ls -ltr /mnt/Backups/crash | mailx -v -s "Crash File zipped successfully in /mnt /Backups/crash" -r user@xxxxxx.com  anotheruser@xxxxxx.com
 
fi

How can i achieve this. I was thinking about using loop or a counter, but if these are needed i would like to get some help from you, as i don't have any knowledge when it comes to counters or loops.

Can you give me some feedback ?

Rgds,

Matthew
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

kpasswd

kpasswd(1)							   User Commands							kpasswd(1)

NAME

       kpasswd - change a user's Kerberos password

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/kpasswd [principal]

DESCRIPTION

       The  kpasswd command is used to change a Kerberos principal's password. kpasswd prompts for the current Kerberos password, which is used to
       obtain a changepw ticket from the KDC for the user's Kerberos realm. If kpasswd successfully obtains  the  changepw  ticket,  the  user	is
       prompted twice for the new password, and the password is changed.

       If the principal is governed by a policy that specifies the length and/or number of character classes required in the new password, the new
       password must conform to the policy. (The five character classes are lower case, upper case, numbers, punctuation, and  all  other  charac-
       ters.)

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported:

       principal

	   Change  the	password  for the Kerberos principal principal. Otherwise, the principal is derived from the identity of the user invoking
	   the kpasswd command.

FILES

       /tmp/ovsec_adm.xxxxxx

	   Temporary credentials cache for the lifetime of the password changing operation. (xxxxxx is a random string.)

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWkrbu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       SEAM(5)

BUGS

       If kpasswd is suspended, the changepw tickets may not be destroyed.

SunOS 5.10							    30 Jul 2001 							kpasswd(1)
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