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20050421: LDM scour issue and computer lock-up

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  • Subject: 20050421: LDM scour issue and computer lock-up
  • Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:45:50 -0600
Gabe,

>Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:40:34 -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:

> ./script2: line 10: find: command not found
> ./script2: line 14: find: command not found
> Couldn't discover meaning of '-mtime' argument of find(1)

Ah ha!

Try this script.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson


#PATH=/bin:/usr/local/
PATH=/bin:/usr/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