Rather than using I/O redirection like that to create a temporary file, why
not try something along the lines of the following?  Not only does it
eliminate the $STDLIST, it does all the operations in memory.


if [ "$1" = "" ]
then
   echo "Syntax: testjob.sh <jobname>"
   exit 1
fi
callci "SETVAR JOBCOUNT JOBCNT('$1')"
JOBCOUNT=$(callci "SHOWVAR JOBCOUNT" | awk '{print $3}')
if [ $JOBCOUNT -gt 0 ]
then
   echo "Job is running"
        callci "SETVAR JOB_EXISTS 'y'"
else
   echo "Job is not running"
        callci "SETVAR JOB_EXISTS 'n'"
fi

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Gary L. Paveza, Jr.
Production Support Analyst - Lead
(302) 761-3173 - voice
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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Carl McNamee [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Friday, September 21, 2001 2:01 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        [HP3000-L] callci and piping to a file

        I have a shell script which works wonderfully at the command line
but
        doesn't work correct in a batch job.

        if [ -f /SYS/OPERATOR/joblist.txt ] ; then
          rm /SYS/OPERATOR/joblist.txt
        fi

        callci "SHOWJOB JOB=@J > /SYS/OPERATOR/joblist.txt"
        callci "SAVE /SYS/OPERATOR/joblist.txt"
        grep "$1" /SYS/OPERATOR/joblist.txt
        export grep_status=$?
        rm /SYS/OPERATOR/joblist.txt
        if [ $grep_status = 0 ] ; then
          callci "SETVAR JOB_EXISTS 'y'"
          echo Job running.
        else
          callci "SETVAR JOB_EXISTS 'n'"
          echo Job not running.
        fi

        When run from the command line the command (callci "SHOJOB JOB=@J >
        /SYS/OPERATOR/joblist.txt") pipes the output of showjob to the
temporary
        file.  However when run in batch the showjob output is sent to
$STDLIST
        instead of the temporary file.  I execute the script by typing "SH
-c
        /SYS/OPERATOR/JOBCHK parm1"  where parm1 one is the jobname that I
want to
        look for.  I also tried "RUN SH.HPBIN.SYS;INFO="/SYS/OPERATOR/JOBCHK
parm1"
        with the same results.

        Thoughts?  Comments?  Criticism?

        Carl McNamee
        Systems Administrator
        Billing Concepts
        (210) 949-7282

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