Hi Sorry for the late reply. My script is working fine now ...
The issue was with file permissions . Thanks to all for their help. Regards Prajakt --- On Sun, 9/11/08, Muzaffar Ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Muzaffar Ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LinuxVadaPav] bash script not working in cron job To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 9 November, 2008, 1:22 PM hi, can u paste the output of /tmp/ping.err, the file where u r collecting the logs of the script final1.sh also i don't understand y ur script path looks so obscure as '/bin/bash /usr/local/sbin/ ping/final1. sh' ----------- Muzaffar Ansari +91 9224339939 ansarimuzaffar@ yahoo.com ____________ _________ _________ __ From: linux rocker <linuxrocker009@ yahoo.co. in> To: linuxvadapav@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2008 12:48:13 PM Subject: [LinuxVadaPav] bash script not working in cron job Hi i have written 1 bash script but it is not working in cron job the script is for checking the status of internet connection from two diff isp using ping command #!/bin/bash for file in `cat ipaddress` do ipAdd=`echo $file | awk -F, '{print $1}'` curstate=0 pstate=0 case "$ipAdd" in 1.1.1.1) prevstate=". /mtnl.txt" echo "IPADDRESS = $prevstate" msg="./isp1_ report.txt" ;; 2.2.2.2) prevstate=". /netmagic. txt" echo "IPADDRESS = $prevstate" msg="./isp2_ report.txt" ;; esac curstate=`/bin/ ping -c 1 $ipAdd | grep "100% packet loss" | wc -l` echo "current state= $curstate" for pstate in `cat $prevstate` do echo "previous state==$pstate" done if [ $curstate -ne $pstate ] ; then echo "status changed" ; if [ $curstate -ne 0 ] ; then echo "Time: `date` $ipAdd network failed" >> $msg ; else echo "Time: `date` $ipAdd network up" >> $msg ; fi echo $curstate > $prevstate echo `cat $prevstate` else echo "status remains the same as of previous" ; fi echo " " done crontab -l gives o/p # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields, # that none of the other crontabs do. SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/ sbin:/usr/ local/bin: /sbin:/bin: /usr/sbin: /usr/bin # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly ) 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ) # */10 * * * * root /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate. conf */30 * * * * /bin/bash /usr/local/sbin/ ping/final1. sh >/tmp/ping.err 2>&1 Please help me in this issue. Thanks in advance. Regards Prajakt 9967776567 Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger. yahoo.com/ invite/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
