Re: [Nolug] Bash backup script help

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, B. Estrade wrote:

> if [ -n `ps -auxw | grep name_of_exe` ]; then

Be careful with this, as the "grep name_of_exe" will also show up in the
ps output, so this statement would always be true. You need to exclude
"grep" from ps output:

> if [ -n `ps -auxw | grep -v grep | grep name_of_exe` ]; then

Someone also mentioned pgrep. Redhat/Fedora also has /sbin/pidof. pgrep
is probably more standard though (at least on Linux/Solaris).

ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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