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# 22  
Old 10-18-2016
I am getting this error:

Code:
agedays.pl=/tmp/agedays.pl: no parent

# 23  
Old 10-18-2016
Hi,

can you share the issued command, used script etc ?
Please write with clear information to learn & help you .
# 24  
Old 10-18-2016
Here is the full script:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
Path=/tmp
BackupInput=$Path/mksysbChk.input
agedays=/tmp/agedays.pl
ContactNIM=/usr/local/admin/bin/remote.pl
$ContactNIM --host=NIM1 --command=/bin/'ls -al /nim/dr/mksysb/\*'|grep -e _dr -e .tgz|cut -c37-90|cut -d" " -f2-8|cut -d_ -f1 > $BackupInput     # place DC1 clients into the list
$ContactNIM --host=NIM2 --command=/bin/'ls -al /nim/dr/mksysb/\*'|grep -e _dr -e .tgz|cut -c37-90|cut -d" " -f2-8|cut -d_ -f1 >> $BackupInput   # append DC2 clients into the list
BackupMsg=$Path/mksysbChk.msg                  # setup mail strings
BackupTitle='mksysb Status Report'
BackupAdm='XXXX@XXXX.com'

if [[ ! -s $BackupInput ]]
then
   BackupMsg='ERROR - unable to communicate with the NIM servers and verify mksysb status - NO notifications sent'
   mail -s "$BackupTitle" $BackupAdm < $BackupMsg
   exit
fi   # connection to NIM servers lost, aborting!!!

BackupOutput=$Path/mksysbChk.output

if [[ -e $BackupOutput ]]
then
   rm $BackupOutput
fi


PrevHostname=''
PrevBackup=1000

while read input
do
  if [[ ${input:9:1} = ':' ]]
  then
     DateStr="${input:0:3} ${input:4:2} $(date +%Y)"
  else
     DateStr="${input:0:3} ${input:4:2} 20${input:10:2}"
  fi
  BackupAge=$(agedays.pl "$DateStr")

 if [[ $PrevHostname = '' ]]
 then
      PrevHostname=$Hostname
      PrevBackup=$BackupAge
 else if [[ $PrevHostname != $Hostname ]]
      then
          echo $PrevBackup $PrevHostname >> $BackupOutput
          PrevHostname=$Hostname
          PrevBackup=$BackupAge
      else if (( $BackupAge < $PrevBackup ))
           then
               PrevBackup=$BackupAge
           fi
      fi
  fi
done < $BackupInput
echo $PrevBackup $PrevHostname >> $BackupOutput   # write out final record

if [[ -e $BackupMsg ]]
then
    rm $BackupMsg
fi
SupportedHosts=/tmp/aix.lst                    # daily extract of the supported hostnames
while read Hostname                            # match supported hostnames with mksysbChk.files & determine status (current/stale/missing)
do BackupAge=`grep $Hostname $BackupOutput|tail -1 | cut -d' ' -f 1`   # actual match
   if [[ $BackupAge == '' ]]
   then
       echo "$Hostname\tMissing\tmksysb" >> $BackupMsg
   else if [[ $BackupAge > 0 ]]
        then
           echo "$Hostname\tStale\tmksysb" >> $BackupMsg
        fi
   fi
done < $SupportedHosts
mail -s "$BackupTitle" $BackupAdm < $BackupMsg   # for testing ONLY!

The Perl script agedays.pl under /tmp is

Code:
#!//usr/local/bin/perl
use POSIX;
use Time::Local;

my %mon;
@mon{qw/Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec/} = 0..11;

my ($mmm, $dd, $yy) = split(/[-\/ ]/, $ARGV[0]);

printf "%.0f", (time() - timelocal(0,0,0,$dd,$mon{$mmm}, $yy) - 0.4999) / (24*60*60);

The error code I get is
Code:
./mksysbChk.ksh[38]: agedays.pl: not found [No such file or directory]

# 25  
Old 10-18-2016
Error message says it clearly that it can't find the file .

try changing
Code:
BackupAge=$(agedays.pl "$DateStr")

To
Code:
 BackupAge=$(/tmp/agedays.pl "$DateStr")

Make sure above path is correct and file exists.
# 26  
Old 10-18-2016
I get the below error after the change:

Code:
Day '' out of range 1..31 at /tmp/agedays.pl line 10
Day too big - 49731 > 24854
Sec too small - 49731 < 54821
Cannot handle date (0, 0, 0, 28, 1, 2106) at /tmp/agedays.pl line 10

# 27  
Old 10-19-2016
Hi,

Can you check value of variable DateStr ?

Here is the information from CPAN:
Quote:
The value for the day of the month is the actual day (ie 1..31), while the month is the number of months since January (0..11).
$sec, $min, $hour, $mday, and $mon.
There is also option to skip the check on ranges ie nocheck as stated in CPAN:
Quote:
If you'd rather they didn't, you can explicitly import the timelocal_nocheck() and timegm_nocheck() functions.
you can find examples as well in that page.
As mentioned in post#19, please refer CPAN for more : Time::Local
Last edited by greet_sed; 10-19-2016 at 05:08 AM.. Reason: Update text
# 28  
Old 10-19-2016
Sounds like some validation of input is needed.

You could enhance agedays.pl to output "ERROR" if input is invalid:

Code:
#!/bin/perl
use POSIX;
use Time::Local;

my %mon;
@mon{qw/Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec/} = 0..11;

my ($mmm, $dd, $yy) = split(/[-\/ ]/, $ARGV[0]);

eval {
  printf "%.0f", (time() - timelocal(0,0,0,$dd,$mon{$mmm}, $yy) - 0.4999) / (24*60*60)
};
printf "ERROR" if $@;


Then test for the "ERROR" result in your script:
Code:
...
while read input
do
  if [[ ${input:9:1} = ':' ]]
  then
     DateStr="${input:0:3} ${input:4:2} $(date +%Y)"
  else
     DateStr="${input:0:3} ${input:4:2} 20${input:10:2}"
  fi
  BackupAge=$(agedays.pl "$DateStr")

  if [ "$BackupAge" = "ERROR" ]
  then
       printf "Illegal date: \"$DateStr\" - skipping line"
       continue
  fi
  ...
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