Re: Pushing commands to the background
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 09:08:57PM -, Chris Phillips wrote: Stuff like: - hostname uptime ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net traceroute ftp.furrie.net I'd like to push all the commands into the background be able to log off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)... (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net /tmp/results cat /tmp/results | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Even with an at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back :-( You forgot about HUP `nohup' will vacinate from SIGHUP (#1) look nohup(1) bash also have disown -- With best wishes Nikolay mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Pushing commands to the background
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Chris Phillips wrote: Hello all, I'm not sure if it's exactly On Topic (I bet you'll let me know!), but here goes... I work in technical support, for a FreeBSD based, Internet Appliance am after a way to gather some network quality information. I'd like to run some commands, one after another, have the output(s) added (appended) to a file, then, when all is complete, have that file sent to my email address. I can then compile the data make some sense of it, maybe... Stuff like: - hostname uptime ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net traceroute ftp.furrie.net Well you can do something like (hostname ; uptime ; ping ; traceroute ) file You might also find the tee command useful Rgds Rus -- http://www.65535.net | MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More bits for your bite Lifetime FreeBSD + Linux Hosting and Shell Accounts Please respect RFC1855 and don't top post To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Pushing commands to the background
I'm not sure if it's exactly On Topic (I bet you'll let me know!), but here goes... I work in technical support, for a FreeBSD based, Internet Appliance am after a way to gather some network quality information. I'd like to run some commands, one after another, have the output(s) added (appended) to a file, then, when all is complete, have that file sent to my email address. I can then compile the data make some sense of it, maybe... Stuff like: - hostname uptime ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net traceroute ftp.furrie.net without testing, try something like this: # hosname outputfil uptime outputfil \ ping -c ftp.furrie.net outputfil \ traceroute ftp.furrie.net outputfil \ mail -s myoutput [EMAIL PROTECTED] outputfil \ rm outputfil The single pushes the command to the background and the double is an AND operator, telling the system to run one command AND then this one AND then this one etc. This is one command, ignore the \. Just type it out as one string. Hope this works! Steve I'd like to push all the commands into the background be able to log off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)... (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net /tmp/results cat /tmp/results | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Even with an at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back :-( Please can somebody help me? Even if it's just to give me another place to ask my question... Many Thanks Everyone! Chris Phillips PS. I often write emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but rarely send them, as I read my questions before sending often find much better results when googling with my questions. intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Pushing commands to the background
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: hostname uptime ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net traceroute ftp.furrie.net I'd like to push all the commands into the background be able to log off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)... (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net /tmp/results cat /tmp/results | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Even with an at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back :-( The easiest oneliner is: (hostname; uptime; ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net; traceroute ftp.furrie.net) | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] The reason your one-liner didn't come back fromm the background is that you didn't background the shell running the command, but backgrounded the commands the shell was waiting on. Putting a bunch of commands in parens separated by ; runs them one after the other in a subshell, with output going to standard output. Just send that output to mail and you're done. mike -- Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Pushing commands to the background
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: hostname uptime ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net traceroute ftp.furrie.net I'd like to push all the commands into the background be able to log off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)... (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net /tmp/results cat /tmp/results | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Even with an at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back :-( The screen utility, among other functions, gives you the ability to disconnect/reconnect to a running session. It's in ports. KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Pushing commands to the background
hi On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 21:08:57 - Chris Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I'm not sure if it's exactly On Topic (I bet you'll let me know!), but here goes... I work in technical support, for a FreeBSD based, Internet Appliance am after a way to gather some network quality information. I'd like to run some commands, one after another, have the output(s) added (appended) to a file, then, when all is complete, have that file sent to my email address. I can then compile the data make some sense of it, maybe... Stuff like: - hostname uptime ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net traceroute ftp.furrie.net copy this and put it in myscript.sh: #!/bin/sh hostname /tmp/myscript.$$ uptime /tmp/myscript.$$ ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net /tmp/myscript.$$ traceroute ftp.furrie.net /tmp/myscript.$$ mail -s myscript's output [EMAIL PROTECTED] rm /tmp/myscript.$$ chmod u+x myscript.sh /myscript.sh (will do give you the command prompt back, it's the ping -c 100 that was keeping u from getting back to the prompt, u had to wait until it finishes the -c count) Ed. I'd like to push all the commands into the background be able to log off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)... (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net /tmp/results cat /tmp/results | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Even with an at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back :-( Please can somebody help me? Even if it's just to give me another place to ask my question... Many Thanks Everyone! Chris Phillips PS. I often write emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but rarely send them, as I read my questions before sending often find much better results when googling with my questions. intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message -- Edmond Baroud UNIX Systems Admin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fingerprint 140F 5FD5 3FDD 45D9 226D 9602 8C3D EAFB 4E19 BEF9 UNIX is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
