Job control

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hello,

What is the best way to control the running of scripts?

For example, i have a k1.ksh script java pgm that checks to make sure that the file counts in a particular directory are equal to a total file count value in a control file updated from my PC.

If i run this k1.ksh script and the total counts are equal, what would be the best way to kick off the k2.ksh script to execute a database update?

Should i use a kshell language and say put is something like "if [.......] then...." in the script or is there a better way to determine when to kick off k2.ksh?

Thanks very much for any insights on this!
BobK

2

I'd do it your way and test the return code from the previous script eg

                       ksh ./k1.sh  
                         
 			if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
				TestRunResult=fail
                                return 1
 	      		else
	 			TestRunResult=pass
                                ksh ./k2.sh
 			fi
3

Thank you for your help on this, have a great week!

BobK

4

Thanks again OFFSIHR for including that "return 1" in the example, now i see how i can call another .ksh and get back a result value, always wondered abou that!!!

good one! :wink: