I have a script I would like to write but I am not sure of where to
start / approach. Perhaps someone could help direct me in the right
direction. Any advice is appreciated.
I would like to write a python script that monitors two log files.
If a certain string, lets say string1 shows up in logfile-A, I want to
check if that same string shows up in log file-B within 8 minutes. If
it does not show up within 8 minutes, send an email ( using sendmail
or postfix).
Do you have any suggestions?
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I have a script I would like to write but I am not sure of where to
start / approach. Perhaps someone could help direct me in the right
direction. Any advice is appreciated.
I would like to write a python script that monitors two log files.
If a certain string, lets say string1 shows up in logfile-A, I want to
check if that same string shows up in log file-B within 8 minutes. If
it does not show up within 8 minutes, send an email ( using sendmail
or postfix).
Do you have any suggestions?
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command. The rest should be easy. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/157035/
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Can you be more specific? That will also help you write your
requirements, which will lead to your pseudo code and then your code.
Do you want to search for a a pre-defined string (or set of strings),
or just look for anything matching a pattern to appear in the first
file? Related question: Can that string appear anywhere in the second
file, or does it have to appear in a certain pattern (at the beginning
of a line, followed by a colon or the word "error" or something?
Do the log entries have timestamps, or will you be capturing the time
your script found the string in file 1? What will you do if the script
must be restarted and "forgets" what it found in the past eight
minutes?
If you're feeling ambitious, write some code. Figure out how to:
1. Read a file.
2. Locate the value(s) you are looking for and retain them somehow.
Once you can do those two things, you can easily read the second file
and seek the values you already found. A few lines to handle the
eight-minute rule, and you're almost done.
Post back when you have some code written.
ShawnMilo
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