Unix Monitoring with awk

[Mag0007]

I know you can do this with ksh, but is it possible to write a system monitoring script with awk?

For example, I would like to constantly check my /var/adm/messages file, for an entry, if the entry is found...email the system admins.

Or on AIX, if there is a perm error in the errpt, email the admins.

Ofcourse, this in awk, if possible.

 

[Chacalinc]

awk '/entry/ { system("<mail_command>")}' /var/adm/message

-or-

errpt -a | awk '/error/ {syste,("<mail_command>") }'

could work for you?

Chacal, Inc.