How should this script be run from cron? I tried appending > /dev/null, but can't get it to run like it does from the command line. On 01/04/2011 09:14 AM, Raymond Norton wrote: > Took a couple hours of pounding away, but yeah, the script works > perfectly with my backup solution! > > > Thanks > > > > > > > On 01/03/2011 03:56 PM, John Hawley wrote: >> #!/bin/bash >> >> HOST="windowshostname" >> >> CMD="ping -c1 $HOST" >> CMD_RET=`$CMD` >> # echo $CMD_RET >> NOWDATE=`date +%Y%m%d` >> >> if [ -f ping_check.txt ]; >> then >> FILEDATE=`cat ping_check.txt` >> else >> FILEDATE=0 >> fi >> >> if [ $NOWDATE -ne $FILEDATE ]; >> then >> if [[ $CMD_RET =~ ", 0% packet loss" ]] >> then >> echo "$HOST pinged ..." >> echo $NOWDATE > ping_check.txt >> # run backup script >> else >> echo "$HOST did not ping ..." >> fi >> fi >> >> exit >> >> >> >> On 01/03/2011 03:04 PM, Raymond Norton wrote: >>> Yes, it will have the same address . I would prefer to run it from >>> the backup server, but am open to anything that is simple. >>> >>> >>> ----- "Justin Krejci" wrote: >>> > Does the windows XP machine always have the same IP address or at >>> least on the same subnet as the backup server when it is online? >>> > >>> > Can you possibly have the Windows XP host run a script >>> automatically when it is online that will trigger the backup process? >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > *From*: Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org >>> <mailto:Raymond%20Norton%20%3cadmin at lctn.org%3e>> >>> > *Reply-to*: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >>> > *To*: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >>> > *Subject*: [tclug-list] script help >>> > *Date*: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:21:21 -0600 >>> > *Mailer*: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) >>> Gecko/20100423 Thunderbird/3.0.4 >>> > >>> > >>> I need to come up with a shell script that will launch another script >>> when a specific host is detected on the network. This is for an network >>> backup system. The host is always off-line when the back up runs at the >>> night and I want to fire the backup off when it comes back on-line. >>> >>> The script would run on the backup server as a cron job, and needs to >>> call the backup script only once per day. >>> >>> The backup server is Linux. The host is Windows XP. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >>> > -- >>> > This message has been scanned for viruses and >>> > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, >>> and is >>> > believed to be clean. >>> > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List >>> - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> -- >>> Raymond Norton >>> LCTN >>> Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, >> and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110104/27b97374/attachment.htm