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# 8  
Old 04-06-2016
Hi

ok, I have one server running HP-UX that has some processes ps -ef | grep ih,
Code:
#ps -ef | grep ih
 bscsrtx  4940     1  4 09:25:39 ?         0:21 rdh -rih
 bscsrtx  5086     1  0 09:26:19 ?         0:27 aih
 bscsrtx  5070     1  0 09:26:01 ?         0:00 fih -r4
 bscsrtx  5099     1  0 09:26:31 ?         0:00 prih
 bscsrtx  4936     1  0 09:25:32 ?         0:57 rdh -prih
    root 16109  3723  1 10:54:32 pts/td    0:00 grep ih
 bscsrtx  5095     1  0 09:26:25 ?         0:00 rih -t
 bscsrtx  4961     1  0 09:25:53 ?         0:04 dih -r -s60

that needs to run all the time. The idea of the script is to warn us by mail when this processes are not running.
So initially I created this script:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

> /tmp/fr/maillist.txt
ps -ef | grep '[i]h' > /tmp/fr/maillist.txt
if [ -s /tmp/fr/maillist.txt ] ; then
echo "Process is running"
else
cat /tmp/fr/maillist.txt | mailx -s "rating down" xxxx@yyyy.co.zz
fi

which is not doing its job.

Them I created this other version of the script, which also does not work:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep ih > /dev/null

if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then

mailx -s "rating down" xxxx@yyyy.co.zz
fi

# 9  
Old 04-06-2016
How about searching explicitly for the full process/command names, and then counting the resulting lines, reacting if the number is NOK?
# 10  
Old 04-06-2016
What are the names of these scripts?

What is the contents of /tmp/fr/maillist.txt when your 1st script is incorrectly reporting Process is running?

How is your 2nd script not working?

Remove the > /dev/null from your 2nd script. What output does it produce when it is not working?
# 11  
Old 04-06-2016
Hi

Sorry for this late reply, when I run my first script and the message is Process is running the contents of /tmp/fr/maillist.txt is
Code:
 #more /tmp/fr/maillist.txt
 bscsrtx  4940     1  1 09:25:39 ?         0:21 rdh -rih
 bscsrtx  5086     1  0 09:26:19 ?         0:39 aih
 bscsrtx  5070     1  0 09:26:01 ?         0:00 fih -r4
 bscsrtx  5099     1  3 09:26:31 ?         0:00 prih
 bscsrtx  4936     1  1 09:25:32 ?         0:57 rdh -prih
    root 20916  3257  0 11:33:57 pts/tc    0:00 /bin/sh ./ih.sh
 bscsrtx  5095     1  3 09:26:25 ?         0:00 rih -t
 bscsrtx  4961     1  0 09:25:53 ?         0:07 dih -r -s60
maillist.txt: END

On the second script after removing what you suggested, the output of the script is:
Code:
./ih1.sh
 bscsrtx  4940     1  2 09:25:39 ?         0:21 rdh -rih
 bscsrtx  5086     1 27 09:26:19 ?         0:41 aih
 bscsrtx  5070     1  0 09:26:01 ?         0:00 fih -r4
    root 21266  3723  1 11:37:06 pts/td    0:00 /bin/sh ./ih1.sh
 bscsrtx  5099     1  4 09:26:31 ?         0:00 prih
 bscsrtx  4936     1  3 09:25:32 ?         0:57 rdh -prih
 bscsrtx  5095     1  4 09:26:25 ?         0:00 rih -t
 bscsrtx  4961     1  0 09:25:53 ?         0:07 dih -r -s60

(Interrupt -- one more to kill letter)

# 12  
Old 04-06-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by fretagi
Hi

Sorry for this late reply, when I run my first script and the message is Process is running the contents of /tmp/fr/maillist.txt is
Code:
 #more /tmp/fr/maillist.txt
 bscsrtx  4940     1  1 09:25:39 ?         0:21 rdh -rih
 bscsrtx  5086     1  0 09:26:19 ?         0:39 aih
 bscsrtx  5070     1  0 09:26:01 ?         0:00 fih -r4
 bscsrtx  5099     1  3 09:26:31 ?         0:00 prih
 bscsrtx  4936     1  1 09:25:32 ?         0:57 rdh -prih
    root 20916  3257  0 11:33:57 pts/tc    0:00 /bin/sh ./ih.sh
 bscsrtx  5095     1  3 09:26:25 ?         0:00 rih -t
 bscsrtx  4961     1  0 09:25:53 ?         0:07 dih -r -s60
maillist.txt: END

On the second script after removing what you suggested, the output of the script is:
Code:
./ih1.sh
 bscsrtx  4940     1  2 09:25:39 ?         0:21 rdh -rih
 bscsrtx  5086     1 27 09:26:19 ?         0:41 aih
 bscsrtx  5070     1  0 09:26:01 ?         0:00 fih -r4
    root 21266  3723  1 11:37:06 pts/td    0:00 /bin/sh ./ih1.sh
 bscsrtx  5099     1  4 09:26:31 ?         0:00 prih
 bscsrtx  4936     1  3 09:25:32 ?         0:57 rdh -prih
 bscsrtx  5095     1  4 09:26:25 ?         0:00 rih -t
 bscsrtx  4961     1  0 09:25:53 ?         0:07 dih -r -s60

(Interrupt -- one more to kill letter)

You didn't answer my 1st question:
Quote:
What are the names of these scripts?
but from the output marked in red above, I will assume that they are named ih.sh and ih1.sh, respectively. I have no idea which of these 8 processes (in each case) you are trying to be sure is "alive", but as I said before, every single test you are using to determine if there is a process running that contains the string ih will detect that the script that you are using to determine that the script is running (whether or not any of the other 7 processes in the output shown above are running). If you want to be sure that no process is running with a name or arguments containing the string ih, you CAN NOT use a script with a name containing the string ih to determine that nothing is running containing that string!
This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
fretagi
# 13  
Old 04-06-2016
The maillist doesn't give too much evidence the processes are killed as you stated in post#6. Methinks the output "process is running" is dead-on.
# 14  
Old 04-06-2016
Hi

I have now changed the name of my first script, and now its working fine, thank you.
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