How to identify process job completed

preetham.66666 · 01-12-2015, 11:13 PM

Hi,

I have a script execute-device.pl and so on. Now i wanted to know when my scripts job completed because this script will take 10 mins, 1hr, 5 hrs, one day even three days we dont know the exact time. I wanted to get report as soon as my script job completed (10 mins delay acceptable). How to identify this? because once i get notify that job is completed i want call another script to generate report.

Thanks in advance

pan64 · 01-13-2015, 12:09 AM

you may try to send a mail at the end for example. Or create a pid file somewhere and remove it (when completed).

Miati · 01-13-2015, 12:10 AM

That depends on how you want to check for it.
Do you want to manually ensure the script has completed and then run the script?

Run the script automatically after the previous script finished?

It would be pretty easy to do something like this:

Code:

./script; echo 'Script Completed!'

preetham.66666 · 01-13-2015, 12:25 AM

Hi Miati,

1.Run the script automatically after the previous script finished?

yes

2.Do you want to manually ensure the script has completed and then run the script?

please answer 2nd one as well for knowledge.

Thanks

Miati · 01-13-2015, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by preetham.66666

Hi Miati,

1.Run the script automatically after the previous script finished?

To run commands after another in terminal you do it like this:

Code:

command1; command2

It will run regardless of whether the previous one completed successfully or not.
If you want second command to run if the first is success only:

Code:

command1 && command2

Quote:

2.Do you want to manually ensure the script has completed and then run the script?

If you want a file to be created, something like

Code:

command1; echo "Command1 completed" >> command1.log

Would create a file at command1.log saying the above message.

I greatly suggest looking into basic bash syntax if you want to learn how to do this for yourself.

http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line/index/#
http://commandlinefu.com/
http://vic.gedris.org/Manual-ShellIn...ShellIntro.pdf