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# 8  
Old 08-15-2013
Code:
# Using recommended pragmas 
use strict; 
use warnings;

use File::Basename;

my $Directory = "/directory/script";
my $LogFile   = $Directory . "/logs/" . basename($0, ".pl") . ".log"; my $RunFile   = $Directory . "/logs/" . 
basename($0, ".pl") . ".run"; my $RunScript = $Directory . "/directory/script/script.sh";


my $OutfileH; #Output File Handle 
print $OutfileH;

# Make sure another instance isn't already running 
my $pp = Proc::Pidfile->new (pidfile => $RunFile) or die "Unable to create pidfile: $RunFile\n";

open( $OutfileH, '>>', $LogFile);
print $OutfileH &nicetime . ":Running script - " . $RunScript . "\n"; close($OutfileH);

#Run the shell script through perl program 
system( $RunScript, ">>/directory/script/logs/script.log  2>&1" ) == 0 or print $OutfileH &nicetime ."Script FAILED\n"  or exit(1);  exit(0);

#Functions 
########################################################################## 

sub nicetime {
my ( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $yday, $isdst ) = localtime(time);
my $timestr = sprintf "%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", $year + 1900, $mon + 1, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec;
return $timestr; };

Code:
user@Imperfecto_:~/test$ perl -c run.pl 
run.pl syntax OK

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# 9  
Old 08-16-2013
Ok,

And now it complains about this test if there is another instance of the Pidfile running:

Code:
root@comp:/directory/script# perl script.pl Can't locate object method "new" via package "Proc::Pidfile" (perhaps you forgot to load "Proc::Pidfile"?) at script.pl line 18.

---------- Post updated at 02:39 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:57 AM ----------

So I added at Line 7:

Code:
use Proc::Pidfile;

...but now I get a different error. Wow I am really new at this...

Code:
root@comp:/directory/script# perl script.pl 
Can't locate Proc/Pidfile.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at script.pl line 7. 
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script.pl line 7.

---------- Post updated at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:39 PM ----------

Does this mean that something is not installed correctly in my perl distro (using Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS)?

---------- Post updated 08-16-13 at 10:11 AM ---------- Previous update was 08-15-13 at 02:47 PM ----------

Ok nevermind,
Seems that I was using an HP-UX native Perl library on Ubuntu.

Corrected:

Code:
#must install libproc-pid-file-perl package 
use Proc::PID::File;

my $pp = Proc::PID::File->new (pidfile => $RunFile) or die "Unable to create pidfile: $RunFile\n";

instead of:
Code:
use Proc::Pidfile; 

#my $pp = Proc::Pidfile->new (pidfile => $RunFile) or die "Pidfile exists or can't be created: $!\n";

---------- Post updated at 01:57 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:11 AM ----------

I am still not getting the desired output I guess. When the script runs, I am being told that my supervisor that the script will not create the file handle $OutfileH:

And I guess that is correct because I have to Ctrl-C out of it to get the following error:

Code:
root@comp:/directory/script# perl script.pl 
^C print() on closed filehandle $OutfileH at script.pl line 28.

Line 28 being the following:

Code:
#Run the shell script through perl program 
system( $RunScript, ">>/directory/logs/script.log 2>&1" ) == 0 or print $OutfileH &nicetime ."Script FAILED\n" or exit(1);

# 10  
Old 08-16-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by zixzix01
...
When the script runs, I am being told that my supervisor that the script will not create the file handle $OutfileH:
And I guess that is correct because I have to Ctrl-C out of it to get the following error:

Code:
root@comp:/directory/script# perl script.pl 
^C print() on closed filehandle $OutfileH at script.pl line 28.

Line 28 being the following:

Code:
#Run the shell script through perl program 
system( $RunScript, ">>/directory/logs/script.log 2>&1" ) == 0 or print $OutfileH &nicetime ."Script FAILED\n" or exit(1);

??

(1) But why do you Ctrl-C in the first place?
(2) Do you encounter that error because you press Ctrl-C? Or do you encounter it anyway?
(3) What happens if you let the script run its course? What do you see? Does it do what it is expected to do?
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# 11  
Old 08-16-2013
Quote:
(1) But why do you Ctrl-C in the first place?
Because the Script never seems to end.
Quote:
(2) Do you encounter that error because you press Ctrl-C? Or do you encounter it anyway?
Yes I press Ctrl-C because the script doesn't seem to finish.
Quote:
(3) What happens if you let the script run its course? What do you see? Does it do what it is expected to do?
Well I don't really see why it would take that long. I left it alone for a couple of hours and it was doing nothing.
I see that it creates the log entry and says that the script is being run. However it never exits.

---------- Post updated at 02:39 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:33 PM ----------

Seems that by the time my script reaches Line 28, it doesn't open $OutfileH even though I am doing:

Code:
open( $OutfileH, '>>', $LogFile)or die "Can't open $OutfileH: $!\n"; print $OutfileH &nicetime . ":Running script - " . $RunScript . "\n"; close($OutfileH);

and I have declared $OutfileH before that:

Code:
my $OutfileH; #Output Handle

# 12  
Old 08-16-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by zixzix01
...
Seems that by the time my script reaches Line 28, it doesn't open $OutfileH even though I am doing:

Code:
open( $OutfileH, '>>', $LogFile)or die "Can't open $OutfileH: $!\n"; print $OutfileH &nicetime . ":Running script - " . $RunScript . "\n"; close($OutfileH);

and I have declared $OutfileH before that:

Code:
my $OutfileH; #Output Handle

Interesting. I haven't seen your entire script and the "die" should've said something, but in any case:

- Print the value of $LogFile right before that "open" statement.
- Check that the path till the directory of the log file exists in your system.
- Check that you have the permission to create a file in that path.
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# 13  
Old 08-16-2013
Here is my script as it stands now:

Code:
#!/opt/perl/bin/perl -w  

# Using recommended pragmas 
use strict; 
use warnings;  

#must install libproc-pid-file-perl package 
use Proc::PID::File; 
use File::Basename;  

my $Directory = "/Directory"; 
my $LogFile   = $Directory . "/logs/" . basename($0, ".pl") . ".log"; 
my $RunFile   = $Directory . "/logs/" . basename($0, ".pl") . ".run"; 
my $RunScript = $Directory . "/script/script.sh";  

my $OutfileH; #Output Handle  

# Make sure another instance isn't already running 
my $pp = Proc::PID::File->new (pidfile => $RunFile) or die "Unable to create pidfile: $RunFile\n";  
print $LogFile 
open( $OutfileH, '>>', $LogFile)or die "Can't open $OutfileH: $!\n"; 
print $OutfileH &nicetime . ":Running script - " . $RunScript . "\n"; 
close($OutfileH); 

#Run the shell script through perl program 
system( $RunScript, ">>/Directory/logs/script.log 2>&1" ) == 0 or print $OutfileH &nicetime ."Script FAILED\n" or exit(1);  exit(0);  

#Functions 
########################################################################## 
sub nicetime {    
my ( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $yday, $isdst ) = localtime(time);    
my $timestr = sprintf "%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", $year + 1900, $mon + 1, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec;    
return $timestr; 
}

---------- Post updated at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:05 PM ----------

The path to the Log files is definitely there as i can see the log file logging a script start:
Quote:
root@comp:/Directory/logs$ cat script.log
2013-08-16 09:44:04:Running script - /Directory/script/script.sh
2013-08-16 09:53:35:Running script - /Directory/script/script.sh
2013-08-16 09:54:57:Running script - /Directory/script/script.sh
2013-08-16 11:46:49:Running script - /Directory/script/script.sh
2013-08-16 13:30:40:Running script - /Directory/script/script.sh
2013-08-16 13:43:31:Running script - /Directory/script/script.sh
# 14  
Old 08-17-2013
Ok, much better.
I haven't used Proc::PID::File, so I can't say much about it.
However, consider the following lines in your code:

Quote:
Originally Posted by zixzix01
Here is my script as it stands now:
Code:
#!/opt/perl/bin/perl -w  
...
...
close($OutfileH); 
#Run the shell script through perl program 
system( $RunScript, ">>/Directory/logs/script.log 2>&1" ) == 0 or print $OutfileH &nicetime ."Script FAILED\n" or exit(1);  exit(0);  
...

...
You close $OutfileH and then try to print to it if the shell script ($RunScript) fails. That will not work as Perl cannot write to a closed filehandle.

Also, assuming your Perl program is called "script.pl", the value of $LogFile would be "/Directory/logs/script.log", which is where you apparently want to redirect your shell script output. So, instead of hard-coding the log file name in the "system" command, use $LogFile.

Change the code to something like this:

Code:
open( $OutfileH, '>>', $LogFile)or die "Can't open $OutfileH: $!\n";
print $OutfileH &nicetime . ":Running script - " . $RunScript . "\n";
#Run the shell script through Perl program
system( $RunScript, ">>${LogFile} 2>&1" ) == 0 or print $OutfileH &nicetime ."Script FAILED\n";
close($OutfileH);

Finally, if you see the line containing "Running script" in your log file but nothing after it, then most likely your shell script is taking up a long time to run.

Try it out on its own first by executing the following command on the shell prompt:

Code:
/Directory/script/script.sh

You can also time it using the (surprise!) "time" command:

Code:
time /Directory/script/script.sh

See if the shell script's the bottleneck.
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