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Sausage1=$(date '+%Y%m%d')
ssh transfer@theserver "while [ ! -f /the/path/tofile/filename_out.bin_\"$Sausage1\"_?????? ]; do sleep 120; done"

By the gods! This did it......i was pulling out what...

Hi Guys n Girls,

Below im using a while command to wait for a file on another server then carrying on with the script.....
I dont believe the $Sausage1 variable is being passed to the other...

Yes you are right a function would be a better approach!

Many thanks, some brilliant suggestion guys. I'm going to get some sleep then make some improvements and test it again tonight. I'm self taught on scripting but I believe I maybe addicted.

sorry that is a typo when written into the forum

mytest15=`cat /pathtofile/filename | grep -c filename.$DATE.TXT | grep TRL | wc -l`

basically i know the file has completed writing when it has...

I ran this script yesterday (in the background)
/usr/bin/nohup myfilelocation/myscriptname.sh &

the script worked perfectly.

i ran it today (also in the background) and just sat there. So i...

Thanks, great replies. Alas the file is sent from a 3rd party and all I do with it is wait till its complete and send it onto someone else. This is a manual task so I thought I would automate it. I...

Thanks for the replies, Jim the system I am using is a Solaris. With very strict restrictions on plugins. So I think fuser maybe the way to go? Could you suggest away to use that?
Also achenle...

Hi guys,

I am pulling my hair out here. I have a file that comes in, once it finishes i want to move it to a new location. This sounds all very easy but my solution is failing and moves the file...

Thanks for the comments. Will look for the "at" command for sure, not seen that one before.

Hi, thanks for the reply. The system I use is a sun Solaris. The break part was just away of sitting there and waiting for a job to finish, this starts the same time the other job does (8pm) once the...

Hi guys,

I have written a script that waits for a trigger file.
Then checks the time of the trigger.
if the trigger finished between 8pm and midnight then runs a job.
else it waits till 1am...

Yeah i have a version like this as well, thanks for taking the time to reply....

my question although very long winded was....is this the best approach...and am i complicating things....was...

I think i may need to do something like this, i was hoping not to put specific file names as i have 4 systems and they all have diff file names plus i would need to modify for new files. If i took...

alas not on this one, would make life soooo much easier, that is why i am forced to take a weird approach

i have -mtime -ctime -atime, those are no use at all as i think they are via days

Hi guys,

I have an interesting problem. I have looked on the forums for simular solutions but i need a differnt approach.

On an evening i have files that are created and sit in a directory,...

I see what your doing here and that looks like a very easy approach thanks! Thats what i love about unix, i was trying something far far more long winded, so i love your spin on it!

Hi guys i need advice on the approach to this one......

I have a file say called
Thisfile.20130524.txt
i need to work out from the date 20130524 what day of the week that was and then...

Great i am seeing your approach, at first glance this could work, but i do also have files from the last seven days in the directory so i need to make sure i do it so i dont detect a file from 2 days...

Thanks for the reply. My network connection just went boom so I can't really look until I log back in. I just need it to Monitor a directory for files say randomfile.030413 and then after midnight...

Hi Guys,

I am having a brain freeze....

I want to monitor a directory for a time stamped file on a sol 10 system in bash or ksh, the files will come in looking like this..
...