Re: Cron scripts

From: Markus Korn <markus.korn_at_at.siemens.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:47:18 +0200
Message-ID: <3764C196.42250C4@at.siemens.de>

Hi,

in the Attachment is a ksh script which takes a look in the /etc/oratab for the correct enviroment.

Ron Franks wrote:
>
> You have probably already checked this, but it your cron up and running?
> ps -ef | grep cron
>
> Later!
>
> Brian Peasland wrote:
>
> > I've been trying to create a script which I'll be executing through cron.
> > When I run the script, everything works just fine. When I schedule the
> > script through crontab, it doesn't work. And I can't see what the cron
> > script is doing. Any ideas how to find out the "output" from the run of a
> > cron script?
> >
> > Here's what I'm trying to do:
> > in a script,
> > change SID
> > sqlplus userid @script < passwordfile
> > mail results
> > do again for another SID
> >
> > The script contains a spool command to spool the results of the script to a
> > file. That file is sent to my email account. When I run this script through
> > the command line, it works just fine. When I run it through crontab, the
> > spool file is empty and I get mailed nothing. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Brian Peasland
> > peasland_at_msn.com

###################################################################
#
# usage      : dbstart
#
# purpose    : This script is used to startup the ORACLE - Databases
#	       in /etc/oratab for the Version 7 and Version 7.3
#
# parameters : none
#

# 28.11.96 M. Korn#

###################################################################

ORATAB=/etc/oratab

trap 'exit' 1 2 3
case $ORACLE_TRACE in

    T) set -x ;;
esac     

# Set path if path not set (if called from /etc/rc) case $PATH in

    "")	PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/etc
	export PATH ;;

esac

#
# Loop for every entry in oratab file and and try to start
# that ORACLE
#

cat $ORATAB | while read LINE
do

    case $LINE in

	\#*)		;;	#comment-line in oratab
	*)
#       Proceed only if third field is 'Y'.
        if [ "`echo $LINE | awk -F: '{print $3}' -`" = "Y" ] ; then
            ORACLE_SID=`echo $LINE | awk -F: '{print $1}' -`
	    if [ "$ORACLE_SID" = '*' ] ; then
		ORACLE_SID=""
	    fi
#           Called programs use same database ID
            export ORACLE_SID
            ORACLE_HOME=`echo $LINE | awk -F: '{print $2}' -`
#           Called scripts use same home directory
            export ORACLE_HOME
#           Put $ORACLE_HOME/bin into PATH and export.
            PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc ; export PATH

            PFILE=${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs/init${ORACLE_SID}.ora

#	Figure out if this is a V6, or V7 database
	    if [ -f $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqldba ] ; then
		VERSION=`$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqldba command=exit | awk '
	                /SQL\*DBA: (Release|Version)/ {split($3, V, ".") ;
			print V[1]}'`
	    else
		if test -f $ORACLE_HOME/bin/svrmgrl; then
			VERSION="7.3"  
	    	fi
	    fi

	    if test  -f $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/sgadef${ORACLE_SID}.dbf  -o \
		     -f $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/sgadef${ORACLE_SID}.ora
	    then
		STATUS="-1"
	    else
		STATUS=1
	    fi
                  if [ -f $PFILE ] ; then
			case $VERSION in
			    6)  sqldba command=startup
				;;

			    7)  sqldba <<EOF

connect internal
startup
EOF                                                                  ;;

                           7.3) svrmgrl <<EOF
connect internal
startup
EOF

				;;
			esac

                        if test $? -eq 0 ; then
			    echo ""
		            echo "Database \"${ORACLE_SID}\" warm started."
			else
			    echo ""
                            echo "Database \"${ORACLE_SID}\" NOT started."
		        fi
                    else
			echo ""
                        echo "Can't find init file for Database \"${ORACLE_SID}\"."
                        echo "Database \"${ORACLE_SID}\" NOT started."
		    fi
        fi
	;;

    esac
done Received on Mon Jun 14 1999 - 03:47:18 CDT