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# 8  
Old 07-27-2009
well, I surprised that you never heard something like "code tags" during your one year.

anyways, Whenever you post the code (or part of your code), Please select the code and click on the "#" button on the toolbar.
you can see the difference between your post and others reply in this thread.


about your problem:
Code:
server_status= some command | grep "Total error: 0"

what is the actual command here?
also if there is a command then you have to use "$()" or "``".
Code:
server_status=$(some command | grep "Total error: 0")

# 9  
Old 07-27-2009
I never realised that...anyways here is the command

Code:
part_sync_status_edir2=`/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath ndsrepair --config-file /srv/eDirectory/edir2/nds.conf -E | grep "Total errors: 0"`;

this is basically novell edirectory related command. when I run this command normally I get output the screen, I'm trying to run this command with shell script to automatically run that command. But when I run that command I'm getting output to the screen instead of going to next line. here is my full script

Code:
if [ -f "/srv/eDirectory/edir2/nds.01" ]; then

part_sync_status_edir2=`/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath ndsrepair --config-file /srv/eDirectory/edir2/nds.conf -E | grep "Total errors: 0"`;
  if [ "$part_sync_status_edir2" == "" ]; then
	echo "Edir2 Partition Synchronization Error(s)!! Please Check!!" | mail -s "Edir2 Health Check: Edir2 Partition Sync. Error(s)!" admin@company.com
  fi

Thanks
# 10  
Old 07-27-2009
if you add "set -x" to the beginning of your script you can see what is happening as well as what the variables are set to while it's running. Is it possible the output of the ndspath is different than what you're expecting? Also, I was wondering if your output is going to stderr instead of stdout.
# 11  
Old 07-27-2009
Dont worry about the output coming on to the screen for now.
That can be fixed with a redirection.

1. In the output that you see on the screen, do you see the line
"Total errors: 0"

2. In the below line:
Code:
if [ "$part_sync_status_edir2" == "" ]; then

Why are you using "==" ?
Should it not be "=" ?
I think the below code is good enough:
Code:
if [ "$part_sync_status_edir2" ]; then



---------- Post updated at 03:54 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:44 PM ----------

Dont you think this will be good enough?
Code:
 
if [ -f "/srv/eDirectory/edir2/nds.01" ]; then
   /opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath ndsrepair --config-file /srv/eDirectory/edir2/nds.conf -E
   if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
      echo "All is fine.....removethisline later"
   else
      echo "Edir2 Partition Synchronization Error(s)!! Please Check!!" | mail -s "Edir2 Health Check: Edir2 Partition Sync. Error(s)!" admin@company.com
   fi
fi

# 12  
Old 07-28-2009
Code:
if [ "$part_sync_status_edir2" ]; then

This seems to be working ok but need to do some more testing. I have a question here.
is that work if "part_sync_status_edir2" value not equal to 0 or if there is any other value. Some times i get server may be down error when I run the command. does it work either scenarios?
# 13  
Old 07-28-2009
Try this:

Code:
server_status=`some command | grep "Total error: 0"`

the symbol ` is the back quote. It is needed to redirect output of your command line to variable.
Last edited by gch; 07-28-2009 at 04:08 PM..
# 14  
Old 07-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by s_linux
Code:
if [ "$part_sync_status_edir2" ]; then

This seems to be working ok but need to do some more testing. I have a question here.
is that work if "part_sync_status_edir2" value not equal to 0 or if there is any other value. Some times i get server may be down error when I run the command. does it work either scenarios?
1. Actually, if the return value is not "0",then IF will work accordingly, take care of it.

2. I dont know what "part_sync_status_edir2" does. You will have to experiment.
Within "part_sync_status_edir2" if you ECHO "THIS FAILED", then because the last command executed is ECHO, which was successful, then it will be considered as 0.
But if the last command is an EXIT command with a value, like "exit -1" then you are good to go.

3. Let us take your case. see the code.
Code:
 
part_sync_status_edir2=`/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath ndsrepair --config-file /srv/eDirectory/edir2/nds.conf -E | grep "Total errors: 0"`;

Here, because grep is the last command, you will "greps" failure code and not ndspath's failure code.

So the best practise is change the code to (&& instead of a |):
Code:
 
part_sync_status_edir2=`/opt/novell/eDirectory/bin/ndspath ndsrepair --config-file /srv/eDirectory/edir2/nds.conf -E && grep "Total errors: 0"`;

Hope I have successfully confused enough. Smilie

Is "part_sync_status_edir2" a script?
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