problem using sleep command

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

hi all

im trying to :

while true
do
command
sleep 1000
done

the problem is that after the 24:00 hour the script stop

any idea :slight_smile:

2

There is nothing in the script that will make it stop.

How is it running, a nohup, telnet or ssh session?

Is there ever any user interaction?

3

no it is a script that collect info and should not stop

the problem that after the 00:00 AM it stop with out a reason

4

Yes, but how does it run? How is it started?

spawned job?

cron?

inittab?

telnet?

ssh?

5

the program run manualy in the first time and run until it gets "Ctrl C" from the user

the env is bash on sun solaris

6

Hey there,

Also, what's the "command" that's being run? That may be an issue.

If you're running the command manually, are you running it from a remote terminal or a local console? Assuming you're running it and leaving it to run, is there any process on that box (or on your vpn/network connection) that disconnects users at midnight?

Basically, I agree with the responses above and think it either has to do very specifically with how you're invoking the program and/or what the command is that's being running every n number of seconds.

Thanks,

  , Mike
7

So it is run interactively in a terminal of some kind, what kind of terminal,

dtterm? xterm? ssh? telnet? console?

8

If its run manually from a terminal then its not guarded against SIGHUP signal,
then a line disruption or terminal being disconnected can kill the kicked of process.

Or is that something like this ?

terminal_session > program started
after some time
terminal_session > program halted without no reason

( assuming there is no problem with the connectivity )