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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Shell script newbie- how to generate service log from shell script Post 303031584 by xiaogeji on Saturday 2nd of March 2019 07:18:42 AM
Old 03-02-2019
Hey bakunin,


Many thanks for your reply!


the following is my plan and let me know if anything doesnt make sense :


1. Ideally the script should print out the log file in the following format:
2019-02-26 09:15:00 +1100,Success,ntpd,restart 2019-02-26 09:16:00 +1100,Error,ntpd,other-activity

But if I am really stuck,as long as the "$(success status),$(service name),$(activity)" are in the output then it will still be fine, someone will extend the script later on..
2. and the fields that I want in the log should include, the last three fields are the minimum and the date is optional depending on the complexity:

$(date and time in fixed format), $(success status), $(service name), $(activity)



3. single log vs multiple logs: I shouldve clarified earlier that the only service I need to work on is ntpd. So a single log would be fine for me.


4. I am not sure if it will be more complicated to write a separate error log since I only need to focus on one service which is ntpd.



Let me know if it makes sense to move on to the next step. thanks again for your help!
 

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ntp-wait

ntp-wait(1)							   User Commands						       ntp-wait(1)

NAME

       ntp-wait - Wait for ntpd to stabilize the system clock

SYNOPSIS

       ntp-wait [-flags] [-flag [value]] [--option-name[[=| ]value]]

       All arguments must be options.

DESCRIPTION

       ntp-wait will send at most num-tries queries to ntpd(8), sleeping for secs-between-tries after each status return that says ntpd(8) has not
       yet produced a synchronized and stable system clock.

       ntp-wait will do this quietly, unless the -v flag is provided.  This can be useful at boot time, to delay the  boot  sequence  until  after
       ntpd -g has set the time.

OPTIONS

       -n number, --tries=number
	      Number of times to check ntpd.  This option takes an integer number as its argument.  The default number for this option is:
		   100

		      The maximum number of times we will check ntpd to see if
		      it has been able to synchronize and stabilize the system clock.

       -s secs-between-tries, --sleep=secs-between-tries
	      How  long  to  sleep  between  tries.  This option takes an integer number as its argument.  The default secs-between-tries for this
	      option is:
		   6

		      We will sleep for secs-between-tries after each query
		      of ntpd that returns "the time is not yet stable".

       -v, --verbose
	      Be verbose.

		      By default, ntp-wait is silent.
		      With this option, ntp-wait will provide status information.

       -?, --help
	      Display usage information and exit.

       -!, --more-help
	      Pass the extended usage information through a pager.

       -v [{v|c|n --version [{v|c|n}]}]
	      Output version of program and exit.  The default mode is `v', a simple version.  The `c' mode will print copyright  information  and
	      `n' will print the full copyright notice.

EXIT STATUS

       One of the following exit values will be returned:

       0  (EXIT_SUCCESS)
	      Successful program execution.

       1  (EXIT_FAILURE)
	      The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.

       70  (EX_SOFTWARE)
	      libopts had an internal operational error.  Please report it to autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net.  Thank you.

AUTHORS

       Harlan Stenn

NOTES

       This document corresponds to version 4.2.8p13 of NTP.

       This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the ntp-wait option definitions.

ntp (4.2.8p13)							    20 Feb 2019 						       ntp-wait(1)
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