20050421: LDM scour issue and computer lock-up

Gabe,

>Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Gabe Langbauer <address@hidden>
>Organization: Ohio State University
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20050421: LDM scour issue and computer lock-up 
>Keywords: 200504191903.j3JJ3u4n010376

The above message contained the following:

> Couldn't discover meaning of mtime argument

Good!

Now try the attached script.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

#PATH=/bin:/usr/local/
PATH=/bin:/home/ldm/bin
LOGGER=echo
TZ=UTC0 export TZ

dayOffsetName=scour_$$
trap 'rm -f /tmp/$dayOffsetName' EXIT
if touch /tmp/$dayOffsetName; then
    sleep 2
    if find /tmp \! -name tmp -prune -mtime 0 -name $dayOffsetName \
                |
            grep /tmp/$dayOffsetName >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        DAY_OFFSET=1
    elif find /tmp \! -name tmp -prune -mtime 1 -name $dayOffsetName \
                |
            grep /tmp/$dayOffsetName >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        DAY_OFFSET=0
    else
        $LOGGER "Couldn't discover meaning of '-mtime' argument of find(1)"
        exit 1
    fi
    rm /tmp/$dayOffsetName
else
    $LOGGER "Couldn't create '-mtime' discovery-file /tmp/$dayOffsetName"
    exit 1
fi