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Old 03-18-2009
check for a file and run some commands
Hi all,

Can you guys please help me with this...

I am on AIX and need to prepare a script which will

1. check for a file named do_backup in the current file system
2. If the file exists i need to run some commands and exit, if the file doesn't exist then sleep for 15 mins and try again...

Thank you....
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Old 03-18-2009
Assuming 'do_backup' is to appear in a current directory - something to start with
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

while [ ! -e do_backup ] 
do 
   echo sleeping
   sleep 15
done

echo 'do some stuff here"

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Old 03-18-2009
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