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Script S1 (which copies .dat files from one directory1 to
another directory2) run continuously.
Write Script S2 which kills S1 first, compresses all .dat
files in directory1 and directory2 successfully, re-run
Script S1 and stops self i.e. S2.

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Script S1 (which copies .dat files from one directory1 to another directory2) run continuously. W..

Answer / ganesh

Hi Vipul,

Script1 have to run continuously.. So,

Script1 should be

#!bin/sh

while true
do
cp directory1/*.dat directory2/
done

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Script S1 (which copies .dat files from one directory1 to another directory2) run continuously. W..

Answer / vipul dalwala

script1.sh

#!/bin/bash

cp directory1/*.dat directory2/


script2.sh

#!/bin/bash

PSIDODSCRIPT1=`ps -a | awk '/script1\.sh/ && !/awk/ {print
$1}'
SELFID=$$

kill -9 ${PSIDODSCRIPT1}

find directory1 -name '*.dat' -exec gzip {} \;

if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
find directory2 -name '*.dat' -exec gzip {} \;
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
sh script1.sh
kill -9 ${SELFID}
else
exit
fi
else
exit
fi

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