Script help

[Soul_1]

Hi,

I need one script for.

First it need to check one service.If that service is not running,it should execute a command.

1. ovstatus -c
2. not running then start ovstart -c
3. if running then exit.

Please help me

Thanks in advance

[OldSchool]

what would "ovstatus -c" return if the services is running? Not running?

[Rick Garland]

What service would you be checking to see if it is running? How would you check to see if that service is running? (ps, top, some other command, etc.)

[Viktor Balogh]

you could try this:

# PROCESS=inetd;ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -q $PROCESS && echo "BINGO!"
BINGO!
#

# PROCESS=no_such_process;ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -q $PROCESS && echo "BINGO!"
#

replace 'echo "BINGO!"' with your 'ovstart -c' command, and give the PROCESS variable the name of the process you want to check. Be sure that it is unique in the 'ps -ef' output!