HELP - Shell scripting with Networker Log FIles

[morgaann]

HELP!
I am desperately trying to write a unix shell script (sh) to get information from the daemon.log file.

What I am trying to capture from this file is whenever a tape becomes full it writes to this log something like this;

"media notice: dlt7000 tape abc.123 on /dev/rmt/1ubn if full"

I need to capture that message and parse out the name of the tape that I need to feed to the scipt that's to be spawned off. The other issue with this daemon.log file is it doesn't write one file for each day, so I need to make sure that the message I am capturing is from the last 24 hours.

Also there are 7 dlt tape drives so I need to capture this event for each tape drive.

Any help would be appreciated. My scripting skills are VERY limited.

Thanks.

 

[morgaann]

Sorry I forgot to mention that I've posted this on the Solaris Forum and with no luck the advice was to try here hoping someone can help.

Thanks.

 

[Ticedoff]

Use "crontab" to schedule everything.
Step 1 -
Copy the existing /usr/lib/newsyslog to "/nsr/log/rotate_nsr_logs".
Edit out the extra BS in this file, but leave a set of entries that pertain to /nsr/logs/daemon.log. You will see what I mean.
Edit the crontab file "crontab -e" and add a new entry:
"10 3 * * * /nsr/log/rotate_nsr_logs"
Editing the crontab is just like using vi, so when you are done, enter ":wq" to exit.
Now your /nsr/logs/daemon.log file will rotate every morning at 10 past 3am. If you don't like 10 past 3am, change it.
Step 2 -
Create a shell script that uses "grep" to look for a string and then emails to a user. It has been a long time since I did any shell scripts, but something like this might work:
vi /nsr/log/check_if_full.sh

#/bin/csh
Mail -s &quot;Tape is full&quot; email_address < grep &quot;is full&quot; /nsr/log/deamon.log

:wq

Change the permissions on the file to make it runable &quot;chmod 755 /nsr/log/check_if_full.sh&quot; and make a new entry in the crontab &quot;15 3 * * * /nsr/log/check_if_full.sh&quot;.
The &quot;email_address&quot; is any valid address in your domain - maybe yours?

Of course, you want to debug the script by running it a few times. And make sure you fake an entry in the daemon.log file to &quot;find&quot; a full tape.

Or,
Buy a tape library and forget about it.

 

[conniefu]

Actually syslog should send emails with networker's alerts to root. if you can forward the root's mails to yourself, does it help?