So I already have that sort of function in the script, it turns the date into a number and compares it. It compares the time stampe of the error, with the timestamp of the date the last date that it ran and if it's not an old error, then it alerts. So that means if I have a problem that happens every few seconds, then every time it sees this error it will be a new error. So maybe I need another check to see if it's the same error, don't alert.

What I was thinking actually was redo'ing how it even checks the error log. Instead of even looking at an "old error", it can grep for everything that was "10 min ago" or 30minutes. Save that to a file, and only search that file. Then all I need to do is make sure my $lasterror isn't the same as my $currenterror or something right?

In reply to Re^6: Simple awk question by czah7
in thread Simple awk question by czah7

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