standard redirect on SSH connect to ERR or root mail

[Ratzie]

I am trying to figure out standard error and redirect on a crontab script that ssh /scp to another server. What I hope to do is trigger an err if key exchange in so successful.


I have:
00 6 * * * backup.ksh >> backup.log 2>&1
So bascially everything gets recorded to backup.log. But, if the ssh fails will I get notified?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,


But, if the ssh fails will I get notified?

No.

Put the notification code to send an email in backup.ksh

SEP

[Ratzie]

can you give me a hint on how to test this in ksh...

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

>how to test this in ksh?

If there is a specific exit status, you can check for that.
Or you can redirect stderr in your script, use grep to scan it and then send mail from the script.
If you still want those errors to be sent to backup.log you can do:
ssh ... 2> back.err
if [ $? -eq ?? ]; then
# specific error here? send mail
fi
# scan stderr
grep -q -e "message?" back.err
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
# found specific errors, send mail
fi

# copy ssh stderr to script stderr
cat back.err 1>&2

[Ratzie]

Much appreciated

[Dennis Handly]

># copy ssh stderr to script stderr
>cat back.err 1>&2

And of course clean up the temp file: rm -f back.err