Took a couple hours of pounding away, but yeah, the script works perfectly with my backup solution! Thanks On 01/03/2011 03:56 PM, John Hawley wrote: > #!/bin/bash > > HOST="windowshostname" > > CMD="ping -c1 $HOST" > CMD_RET=`$CMD` > # echo $CMD_RET > NOWDATE=`date +%Y%m%d` > > if [ -f ping_check.txt ]; > then > FILEDATE=`cat ping_check.txt` > else > FILEDATE=0 > fi > > if [ $NOWDATE -ne $FILEDATE ]; > then > if [[ $CMD_RET =~ ", 0% packet loss" ]] > then > echo "$HOST pinged ..." > echo $NOWDATE > ping_check.txt > # run backup script > else > echo "$HOST did not ping ..." > fi > fi > > exit > > > > On 01/03/2011 03:04 PM, Raymond Norton wrote: >> Yes, it will have the same address . I would prefer to run it from >> the backup server, but am open to anything that is simple. >> >> >> ----- "Justin Krejci" wrote: >> > Does the windows XP machine always have the same IP address or at >> least on the same subnet as the backup server when it is online? >> > >> > Can you possibly have the Windows XP host run a script >> automatically when it is online that will trigger the backup process? >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > *From*: Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org >> <mailto:Raymond%20Norton%20%3cadmin at lctn.org%3e>> >> > *Reply-to*: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> > *To*: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> > *Subject*: [tclug-list] script help >> > *Date*: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:21:21 -0600 >> > *Mailer*: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) >> Gecko/20100423 Thunderbird/3.0.4 >> > >> > >> I need to come up with a shell script that will launch another script >> when a specific host is detected on the network. This is for an network >> backup system. The host is always off-line when the back up runs at the >> night and I want to fire the backup off when it comes back on-line. >> >> The script would run on the backup server as a cron job, and needs to >> call the backup script only once per day. >> >> The backup server is Linux. The host is Windows XP. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> > -- >> > This message has been scanned for viruses and >> > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, >> and is >> > believed to be clean. >> > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List >> - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> -- >> Raymond Norton >> LCTN >> Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110104/23e36e63/attachment-0001.htm