Date:         Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:05:27 -0800
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From:         RolandRB <rolandberry@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: UNIX Shell script for SAS HELP!!!
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Sarav wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am in the process of writing an UNIX shell script (korn and I use
> AIX) to run a SAS code on the admin account on an UNIX server.
>
> I want the code to do these set of actions:
>
> a. Look for the code to run in the specified directory.
> b. If the code is not present in that directory, it should display a
> message saying so and exit the script.
> c. If it does find the code, it should check for the similar named code
> being run by other users, if so it shud kill the other process and then
> send a message/email back saying that job id xxx was cancelled by job
> id yyy etc,.

You will not be allowed to kill other people's processes unless you are
a super user, I think. You might find it difficult, in any case, to
find out what these other processes are running.

> d. when step (c) completes successfully, it should run the code.
> e. Upon completion, it should send a message/email saying that the code
> completed its run with the attachment of the log in the email.
>
> I think, I was able to get step (a) completely, step (b) partially,
> step (d) completely and step (e) partially. If the UNIX gurus here can
> help me finish up the entire script with my above mentioned tasks it
> would be great.
>
> Below is what I have drafted as of now:
>
> # check on the existence of a sas program in the home directory
> if [ -f $HOME/test.sas ] ; then
>   echo "SAS program for testing 'test.sas' exists in your
> home directory." 1>&2
>   exit 1
> fi

What you have coded above means that if it finds the sas program in
your directory it will tell you so and then exit the script with a 1
return code. This is not what you want.

> # Run the SAS code
> sas -log "$HOME" -sysin "$HOME/test.sas"
>
> # Run completion notification e-mail with LOG attachment to ADMIN
>
> echo "Test SAS code completed!" | mailx -s "Run Completed!" xxx@sas.com
> uuencode test.log | mailx -s "Test Code Log File" xxx@sas.com