Re^2: Failboat -- An Emotionally Disturbed Tool For Checking NetBackup Client Coverage

That is your problem with it, Really?

How about using Perl to do that, since we are doing this in a Perl program:

open my $PIPE, '-|', "/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpcatlist -cli
+ent $client 2>&1" or die "Cannot open pipe from 'bpcatlist' $!";
while ( <$PIPE> ) {
    next unless /$client/;
    $lastValidBackupTime = ( split )[ 1 ];
    last;
    }
close $PIPE or warn $! ? "Error closing 'bpcatlist' pipe: $!"
                       : "Exit status $? from 'bpcatlist'";
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Re^3: Failboat -- An Emotionally Disturbed Tool For Checking NetBackup Client Coverage by jffry (Hermit) on Mar 19, 2010 at 16:11 UTC
jwkrahn wrote: >That is your problem with it, Really? Yes. I did not go through the trouble to respond for the sake of sarcasm. It was a sincere response. Besides, I suspected someone more clever and skilled at Perl such as you would respond with appropriate Perl syntax, and I was still able to spread the message of usless use of grep. So it looks like a win-win situation to me.	[reply]
Re^4: Failboat -- An Emotionally Disturbed Tool For Checking NetBackup Client Coverage by bpoag (Monk) on Mar 19, 2010 at 18:20 UTC
(Sorry, been posting Anonymously..deh) I could have done it in straight Perl, but it's kind of clumsy and elaborate by comparrison, considering i'm not really doing anything but invoking an external command.	[reply]