How to make Script in HP-UX 11i.23

[Muhammad Farhan Nasir]

How to make Script in HP-UX 11i.23.

we have printer problem, autometic disable printer.
we have to make script to autometic run on hpux in avery 10 min, for enabling the printer.

please

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

You could create a crontask that runs every 10-minutes that simply does:

#!/usr/bin/sh
/usr/bin/enable printername

In fact, your 'crontab' entry could be as simple as:

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/enable printername

Regards!

...JRF...

[AnthonySN]

why not check why the printer is getting disabled ?
maybe you need to use new jetdirect or relevant printer sofware.

[Muhammad Farhan Nasir]

Thanks James,

please explain more because i dont know about scripting.

can we enter any Time switch?

[S.N.S]

Salam Muhammed,

Try:
man crontab

manpages are real useful

HTH
SNS

[Michael Sillers · Accepted solution]

I've had a similar problem with printers over a less than perfect WAN. The printer would drop from the network then the user didn't want to wait for the system to notice it was back so I creqated a script to re-enable it and placed it in /etc/inittab.
The inittab line is:
lpe1:2345:respawn:/etc/enableprinters.sh
The script is:
COUNTER=0
while [ "$COUNTER" -lt 1 ]
do
PRINTERSTOPPED=$(lpstat -p | grep disabled | awk '{print $2}')
if [ -n "$PRINTERSTOPPED" ]
then
lpstat -l | grep disabled | /usr/bin/enable $(awk '{print $2}')
fi
sleep 320
done

It may not be perfect but it works...

[Muhammad Farhan Nasir]

Thanks Micheal,
If any one face same problem, so please share the solution.

Thanks & Best Regards