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# 1  
Old 01-29-2016
Issue with while loop?
Hi,

I have prepared a script to search for backup file information on the Linux server. Script works fine for the most part except the echo statement inside an IF conditional block displays the message ''snapshot directory not found on xxxxx" even though the .snapshot directory is found a specified path. Here is the code.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
fdate=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
#set -x
df -h | grep sbl| awk '{print $5}' > /home/greg/fs.out
if [ ! -s /home/greg/fs.out ]
then
 echo "No netapp filesystems found"
 exit 1
else
 echo "netapp filesystems found. continuing to the next step"
while read line
do
echo $line
if [ ! -d "${line}"/.snapshot ]
then
echo "snapshot directory not found on "$line""
else
  cd ${line}/.snapshot
  latest_bkp=`ls -l |grep -v snapmirror | tail -1|awk '{print $9}'`
  bkp_fldr_timestamp=`echo "$latest_bkp"|cut -f3 -d .|cut -f1 -d _`
        if [ ${fdate} != ${bkp_fldr_timestamp} ]
        then
                echo "Today's backup is missing for $line on `hostname`"
        else
                echo "File system backup has been taken for $line on `hostname`"
        fi
fi
done <  /home/greg/fs.out
fi
rm /home/greg/fs.out
exit 0

Here's the output when I execute the script.

Code:
[greg@sbldev01 ~]$ ./fs_bkpchk.sh
netapp filesystems found. continuing to the next step

snapshot directory not found on
/sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_01
File system backup has been taken for sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_01 on sbldev01

snapshot directory not found on
/sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_02
File system backup has been taken for /sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_02 on sbldev01

snapshot directory not found on
/sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_03
File system backup has been taken for /sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_03 on sbldev01

Any pointers will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Greg
# 2  
Old 01-29-2016
The NetApp .snapshot is not visible in all cases.
Try
Code:
[ -d "${line}"/.snapshot/. ]

or use the exit status of cd
Code:
if cd "${line}"/.snapshot
then
   echo "backup"
else 
   echo "does not exist"
fi

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svajhala
# 3  
Old 01-29-2016
From what i've found, it seems to valid for mountpoints with spaces in any of the directory structure segments.

With this code, only the first part of a path with a space will be read, and will be missing in the tempfile all together.
Code:
df -h | grep sbl| awk '{print $5}' > /home/greg/fs.out

So, one could remove awk alltogether, but then read the file differently:
Code:
while read _ _ _ _ _ line

Specialy since the 5th variable is only the percentage used, we only name/use the 6th variable, which will include any later variable (path with spaces) as well.

Did some other small changes.
Hope this helps
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#set -x
#
#	Variables
#
	TMP=$HOME/tmp/${0##*/}-fs.out
	HOSTNAME="${HOSTNAME:-$(hostname)}"
	# This will print nothing on my system
	SEARCH="sdb" ## sbl sdb
#
#	Function
#
	check4missing() { # VALUE
	# Compares the current date versus the latest found backup dir
	# Returns false if today's date is not found
		fdate=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
		latest_bkp=$(ls -l |grep -v snapmirror | tail -1|awk '{print $9}')
		bkp_fldr_timestamp=$(echo "$latest_bkp"|cut -f3 -d .|cut -f1 -d _)
		if [ "${fdate}" != "${bkp_fldr_timestamp}" ]
		then	return 1
		else	return 0
		fi
	}
#
#	Action
#
	df -h | grep $SEARCH > "$TMP"
#
#	Display
#
	if [ -s "$TMP" ]
	then	# Tempfile has content
		while read _ _  _ _ line
		do 	
			this_snapshot="${line}/.snapshot"
			if [ -d "$this_snapshot" ]
			then
				cd "$this_snapshot"
				if check4missing
				then
					echo "Today's backup is missing for $this_snapshot on $HOSTNAME"
				else
					echo "File system backup has been taken for $this_snapshot on $HOSTNAME"
				fi
			else
				echo "snapshot directory not found on \"$this_snapshot\""
			fi
		done < "$TMP"
	else	# Tempfile is empty
		echo "No netapp filesystems found"
		exit 1
	fi
	rm "$TMP"
	exit 0

Last edited by sea; 02-01-2016 at 07:53 AM.. Reason: changed code
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svajhala
# 4  
Old 01-29-2016
Thanks sea for rewriting the code. However when I execute your code on the server, I get the following output.

Code:
snapshot directory not found on ""
snapshot directory not found on ""
snapshot directory not found on ""
snapshot directory not found on ""
snapshot directory not found on ""
snapshot directory not found on ""

I verified that the temp file has some file system entries.
# 5  
Old 01-29-2016
One _ too many.
4 fields go to _ and the 5th should go to line
Code:
while read _ _ _ _ line

# 6  
Old 01-29-2016
ok, now I get a different output.

Code:
snapshot directory not found on ""
Today's backup is missing for /sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_01/.snapshot on sbldev01
snapshot directory not found on ""
Today's backup is missing for /sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_02/.snapshot on sbldev01
snapshot directory not found on ""
Today's backup is missing for /sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_03/.snapshot on sbldev01

i verified all 3 file systems listed above have .snapshot directories in them and they have today's backup files.
# 7  
Old 02-01-2016
Removed the _ too much.
Changed the variable name on the 'not found' line.

I'm confused... my DF prints the moutpoint on the 6th, not on the 5th.. (the 5th is usage, as you see)
Code:
0 ~ $ LC_ALL=C df -h
Filesystem             Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev                    3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
run                    3.9G  820K  3.9G   1% /run
....

Please change your working dir to: /sblmnt/sb_devm2_sbl_03/
And print the output of:
Code:
ls -al
df -h
[ -w .snapshot ] ; echo $?

Or even better, print the output of this as well:
Code:
bash -xv ./fs_bkpchk.sh
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