hey all,
I have a script that creates and then distributes html files via scp on a 60 second cycle. On occasions the scp will hang and not complete with the cycle.
When running the scp command in the back ground it returns the PID. How do I trap $! in the script?
job=`echo $!` returns an error.
-bash-3.00$ job=`echo $!`
-bash: !`: event not found
What I want to be able to do is monitor how long the scp runs for, if it is still running 2 minutes after starting then it is hung (can't just ps for the scp command as the scp script is used by multiple applications).
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Neil