indefinite while loop


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting indefinite while loop
# 1  
Old 11-26-2006
indefinite while loop

I have this while loop say w1 which has another while loop say w2 inside it.

Now I want this w1 to run indefinitely and w2 will run execute the commands and come out but as w1 is still running w2 should start again. But the problem I am facing is once w2 finishes , it never restarts. I have tried " continue at the end of w1 but no improvements.

PHP Code:
sDumFlg="F"
sMstrFlg="F"

while [ ${sDumFlg} = "F" ]                                                         W1
do
       while [ ${
sMstrFlg} = "F" ]                                                  W2
        
do
              If [ -
"File"]
              
then 
                        
echo "execute commands"
                        
sMstrFlg="T"
              
else 
                        
sleep ${nSec}
        
done 

sMstrFlg
="F"
done 
Can anyone help

Thanks
Sumeet
# 2  
Old 11-26-2006
There are several mistakes in the code that you've posted, I assume that they are typos. I tried this code:
Code:
sDumFlg="F"
sMstrFlg="F"

while [ ${sDumFlg} = "F" ]
do
        while [ ${sMstrFlg} = "F" ]
        do
                if [ -s "test" ]
                then
                        echo "execute commands"
                        sMstrFlg="T"
                else
                        sleep ${nSec}
                fi
        done
        sMstrFlg="F"
done

And it worked. I changed the 'if [ -s "file" ]' bit to a filename test that already existed, that's all.
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

For loop or while loop from a text file

Hi all, i developed a script to measure the uptime of a process in a Solaris 10/11 environments. All is well, but i came across a situation where there are multiple processes of the same name. Basically i have the following result file: beVWARS 13357 19592122 beVWARS 14329 19591910... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: nms
4 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

awk loop using array:wish to store array values from loop for use outside loop

Here's my code: awk -F '' 'NR==FNR { if (/time/ && $5>10) A=$2" "$3":"$4":"($5-01) else if (/time/ && $5<01) A=$2" "$3":"$4-01":"(59-$5) else if (/time/ && $5<=10) A=$2" "$3":"$4":0"($5-01) else if (/close/) { B=0 n1=n2; ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: klane
2 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Reset while loop to loop same file multiple times

Hi, I want to read file multiple times. Right now i am using while loop but that is not working. ex. While read line do while read line2 do echo stmt1 #processing some data based on data., done < file2.txt done < file1.txt # This will have 10... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: tmalik79
4 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Array Variable being Assigned Values in Loop, But Gone when Loop Completes???

Hello All, Maybe I'm Missing something here but I have NOOO idea what the heck is going on with this....? I have a Variable that contains a PATTERN of what I'm considering "Illegal Characters". So what I'm doing is looping through a string containing some of these "Illegal Characters". Now... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: mrm5102
5 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to loop use while loop in csh script?

Hi all, i got 2 text file. file.txt value.txt i want use C shell script to write out while both of the file got different limit....how i going to write it in 1 while loop? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: proghack
4 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

BASH loop inside a loop question

Hi all Sorry for the basic question, but i am writing a shell script to get around a slightly flaky binary that ships with one of our servers. This particular utility randomly generates the correct information and could work first time or may work on the 12th or 100th attempt etc !.... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rethink
4 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Null Handling in Until loop. . .loop won't stop

Hi Im running this script, which is supposed to find the max value build some tables and then stop running once all the tables are built. Thing is , it keeps assigning a null value to $h and then $g is null so it keep building tables i.e. testupdateNUL. How can I stop this? Here is what I have: ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: brandono66
4 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Using variables created sequentially in a loop while still inside of the loop [bash]

I'm trying to understand if it's possible to create a set of variables that are numbered based on another variable (using eval) in a loop, and then call on it before the loop ends. As an example I've written a script called question (The fist command is to show what is the contents of the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: DeCoTwc
2 Replies

9. Solaris

Executable takes indefinite time to search for shared library

Hi, I have an executable that takes indefinitely long time to search for the libsendfile.so in particular solaris machines only. The library is actually in the /lib folder. Where as it works fine on few of the machines, it takes long time in few others. I have checked crle options. Its... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kk2202
1 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to get the similar function in while loop or for loop

Dear all How to write the shell script for the following statement: (C programming) for (i=0;i<30;i++) { if i=1 continue *skip this number (To do function here....) ... } similar statement in while loop.... I wrote the script in sh... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: trynew
3 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question