How to Control Cronjobs using Shell Script??


 
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Old 03-18-2008
How about the && operator?
Code:
procedure1 && procedure2 && procedure3

This does exactly what you want. If any one of them fails (returns a non-zero exit status), then none of the following ones will be attempted.

ShawnMilo
# 9  
Old 03-18-2008
... still presuming that you manage to produce a proper exit code from the script so as to make this construction work. All proper shell scripts should behave like this, but it's not well understood by newbies.
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