Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

May I know is it possible, when a file named with the extension *.cgi runs in my box, I need a mail authentication...

go through the man page of ps command
like

Code:

 
if [ `ps -ef|grep *.cgi|wc -l` -gt 1 ] ; then
echo "CGI is running"
else
echo "not running"
fi

Hi vidyadhar85, Thank you for your reply, but is it possible to set up with the email authentication when this *.cgi files runs in my box.

I have set up in the cron the above script that will be running every 15 mins and will send an email notification to respective email id.
This is my cron
*/15 * * * * /bin/sh /root/find.sh | mail -s "CGI Script `date` `time`" <email id >

This scripts check for the *cgi file running in the box, if the *cgi file is running , it will send a message as "Cgi is running" , if not "Not running". rather than this type of option, i need as if *.cgi runs i need the mail notification if not i don't need the email notification.

Hi,

Can you please help me on my request....

you can put a && instaed if | in cron entry

if the out put of find.sh is 0 then it will send the mail
if its >0 no mail is sent.
You have the adapt the find.sh to give a output

Hi,

What is the use of changing the cron from | to &&.. -> what will happen if we change to this...

also, I am not sure how to make changes to stop mail when the particular file is not running... I am not good in programming. Please help me on this ...