in reply to Re^17: show a message only during the sleep time
in thread show a message only during the sleep time

hi

Sorry for misunderstanding
I'll be happy for any help
Did you see my my penultimate posting ?
I would like to stop the ntop monitoring tool, if it's running and start it again.
I don't want to start it, if it's already already running.

after stop with the script ntop says:
Jul 27 01:06:48 bsd ntop[9723]:   STATS: 0 packets dropped (by ntop)
Jul 27 01:06:48 bsd kernel: vr0: promiscuous mode disabled
Jul 27 01:06:48 bsd ntop[9723]:   TERM: Removed pid file (/var/db/ntop
+/ntop.pid)
Jul 27 01:06:48 bsd ntop[9723]:   ===================================
Jul 27 01:06:48 bsd ntop[9723]:           ntop is shutdown...
Jul 27 01:06:48 bsd ntop[9723]:   ===================================

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and after start with the script, ntop says:

Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd sudo:      www : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/usr/local/www/
+cgi-bin-dist/ntop ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/www/cgi-bin/ntop/n
+top.sh start
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   ntop v.3.1 MT (SSL)
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Configured on Apr  4 2005  7:36:12, 
+built on Apr  4 2005 07:40:20.
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Copyright 1998-2004 by Luca Deri <de
+ri@ntop.org>
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Get the freshest ntop from http://ww
+w.ntop.org/
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Initializing ntop
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd kernel: vr0: promiscuous mode enabled
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   NONBLOCK: pcap_setnonblock(), device
+ 0, succeeded
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   **WARNING** NONBLOCK: cpu usage may 
+be high - see man page and FAQ
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   **WARNING** Truncated network size (
+device vr0) to 1024 hosts (real netmask 255.255.252.0)
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Checking vr0 for additional devices
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Resetting traffic statistics for dev
+ice vr0
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   DLT: Device 0 [vr0] is 1, mtu 1514, 
+header 14
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Initializing gdbm databases
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   VENDOR: Loading MAC address table.
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   VENDOR: Checking for MAC address tab
+le file
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   VENDOR: File '/usr/local/etc/ntop/sp
+ecialMAC.txt.gz' does not need to be reloaded
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   VENDOR: Checking for MAC address tab
+le file
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   VENDOR: File '/usr/local/etc/ntop/ou
+i.txt.gz' does not need to be reloaded
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Jul 27 01:03:14 bsd ntop[9650]:   Fingeprint: Loading signature file.
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9650]:   Fingeprint: ...loaded 1697 records
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9651]:   INIT: Bye bye: I'm becoming a daemon
+...
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9650]:   INIT: Parent process is exiting (thi
+s is normal)
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9651]:   Now running as a daemon
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9651]:   ASN: Checking for Autonomous System 
+Number table file
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9651]:   **WARNING** ASN: Unable to open file
+ 'AS-list.txt'
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9651]:   I18N: This instance of ntop does not
+ support multiple languages
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9651]:   IP2CC: Checking for IP address <-> C
+ountry Code mapping file
Jul 27 01:03:15 bsd ntop[9651]:   IP2CC: Loading file '/usr/local/etc/
+ntop/p2c.opt.table.gz'
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   IP2CC: ...found 52395 lines
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   GDVERCHK: Guessing at libgd version
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   GDVERCHK: ... as 2.0.21+
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Initializing external applications
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Started thread (13461299
+2) for network packet analyser
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Started thread (13461350
+4) for fingerprinting
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Started thread (13461401
+6) for idle hosts detection
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Started thread (13461452
+8) for DNS address resolution
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Calling plugin start functions (if a
+ny)
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   SSL: Initializing...
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   SSL_PRNG: Automatically initialized!
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Packet processor thread 
+running...
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Fingerprint scan thread 
+running...
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Idle host scan thread ru
+nning...
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Address resolution threa
+d running...
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   SSL initialized successfully
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   INITWEB: Initializing web server
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   INITWEB: Initializing tcp/ip socket 
+connections for web server
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   INITWEB: Converted address '10.41.3.
+77' - binding to the specific interface
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   INITWEB: Initialized ssl socket, por
+t 3001, address 10.41.3.77
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   INITWEB: Waiting for HTTPS (SSL) con
+nections on 10.41.3.77 port 3001
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   INITWEB: Starting web server
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Started thread (14567116
+8) for web server
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Listening on [vr0]
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Loading Plugins
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Searching for plugins in /usr/local/
+lib/ntop/plugins
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   ICMP: Welcome to icmpWatchPlugin. (C
+) 1999-2004 by Luca Deri
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   LASTSEEN: Welcome to LastSeenWatchPl
+ugin. (C) 1999 by Andrea Marangoni
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   NETFLOW: Welcome to NetFlow.(C) 2002
+-04 by Luca Deri
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   PDA: Welcome to PDAPlugin. (C) 2001-
+2004 by L.Deri and W.Brock
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   RRD: Welcome to rrdPlugin. (C) 2002-
+04 by Luca Deri.
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   SFLOW: Welcome to sFlow.(C) 2002-04 
+by Luca Deri
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   SNMP: Welcome to snmpPlugin. (C) 200
+4 by F.Fusco and G.Giardina
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: web connections thread (
+9651) started...
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   XML: Welcome to xmldump plugin. (C) 
+2003-2004 by Burton Strauss
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Note: SIGPIPE handler set (ignore)
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Calling plugin start functions (if a
+ny)
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   WEB: ntop's web server is now proces
+sing requests
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   SFLOW: no devices to initialize
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   RRD: Welcome to the RRD plugin
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   RRD: Mask for new directories is 070
+0
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   RRD: Mask for new files is 0066
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   RRD: Started thread (145672192) for 
+data collection.
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   NETFLOW: no devices to initialize
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Now running as requested user 'nobod
+y' (65534:65534)
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   INIT: Created pid file (/var/db/ntop
+/ntop.pid)
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   Note: Reporting device initally set 
+to 0 [vr0]
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: Started thread (14567270
+4) for network packet sniffing on vr0
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: rrd thread (145672192) s
+tarted
Jul 27 01:03:17 bsd ntop[9651]:   THREADMGMT: pcapDispatch(vr0) thread
+ running...

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Re^19: show a message only during the sleep time
by cc (Beadle) on Jul 26, 2005 at 23:16 UTC
    I change the code to:
    ...................................................................
my $process = "ntop";

my $return = 'ps -eaf |grep $process |grep -v grep';

my $stop = '/usr/local/bin/sudo sh /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/ntop/ntop.sh
+ stop &';

if ($return ne "" ) {
    system ($stop) and die "...";
}

sleep(8);

my $start = system('/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/ntop/nt
+op.sh start') and die "...";
...................................................................

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[d/l]
      you mean to avoid zombie processes executed via perl using:
      opens, system and backticks.

      some perl functions collect their child processes
      automatically and they must wait to be push manually
      or to push other processes.

      I've corrected the code

      greetings
      cc
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