topic Re: Email when script is executed .. this one .. in Operating System - HP-UX

Email when script is executed .. this one ..

someone_4 — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:55:34 GMT

We have a restart script that a 3rd party software vendor has written. Is there a way that I can write a script that will email us when the restart script is ran. With out having to edit their script.

thanks

RIchard

Re: Email when script is executed .. this one ..

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:30:32 GMT

Hi Richard:

My attempt at doing this would be a wrapper script e.g. Restart.sh which calls the real script (restart.sh):

#!/usr/bin/sh
USERADDRESS="me@somewhere.com"
restart.sh $*
STATUS=$?
echo "restart.sh returned status ${STATUS} | mail ${USERADDRESS}
exit $STATUS

You can obviously use the mail program of your choice (xmain,elm,etc.)
If you like you could actually name both scripts 'restart.sh' but have the wrapper earlier in the PATH and do an absolute path to the 'real' restart.sh with your wrapper.

Regards, Clay

Re: Email when script is executed .. this one ..

Sachin Patel — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:33:48 GMT

Hi Richard,
How does this restart script starts? If it is started by you then you can call that script from your script.
If it is starting automatically then you have to find out in which situation it restarts.
If this restart script starts at certain time and change certain files you can check that files and know that script is ran.

Sachin