set timeout for command

[barryp]

I have a script which is run by CRON
It looks in a folder on a remote server for a file & if there will copy it across, process it then ON THE REMOTE SERVER move it to a 'done' folder.
Most of the time - it works
BUT all too frequently it hangs for hours on the MOVE
I use

/usr/bin/ssh -q me@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -i /xxxx/xxxx/.ssh/id_dsa_mfssh "mv ~/$path/export/myfile ~/path/done"

Is there some way I can set a timeout and check success/failure & retry ???

Any help much appreciated

 

[butterfm]

Hi barryp,

Try something like this. I've not tested it but something along these lines should do the trick.

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finished=1

while [ $finished -eq 1 ]
do
move_command & #start a s background process
procpid=$! #get process ID of last command
sleep 60 #wait 60 Secs

ps -p $procpid #is process still running

if [ $? -eq 0 ] #process is still running
then
kill -9 $procpid #kill pid and keep looping
else
finished=0 #move has finished so exit loop
fi
done
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Hope this helps,
M.

 

[butterfm]

The above will need putting into a ksh script and the script will need to be called from cron.

M.