#! /bin/sh #=============================================================== # Print Queue Checker # # The print queue checker simply looks for an occurance of a # DOWN queue. A note of warning, if you use remote queues in # AIX to redirect print jobs from the AIX queue to an NT print # server that print through DLC rather than IP, it will be very # s - l - o - w. But it will work. # # Author: TheRocker # Email: therocker@pawprints.2y.net #=============================================================== TMPFILE=/tmp/qtmp.hndl TMPTOO=/tmp/qtwo.hndl #======================================================================= # # This script will also work on AIX 4.2.1 BUT you have to change # the following line. AIX 4.2.1 does not support the -W option # with lpstat. For AIX 4.2.1 just remove the -W option and it should # work just fine. # #======================================================================= `rsh $1 -l root lpstat -W | grep -e "DOWN" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f1,3 > /tmp/qtmp.hndl 2> /tmp/q_err` if [ -s $TMPFILE ] then #======================================================= # # If you've seen the other AIX scripts I wrote you may # notice that I use this bit of code a lot. Well it # works and appears to be all purpose. # #======================================================= LINES=`wc -l /tmp/qtmp.hndl | cut -c8` LINESCTL=`wc -l /tmp/qtmp.hndl | cut -c8` echo "Print Queue DOWN --> \c" while [ $LINESCTL != 0 ] do cat $TMPFILE | tail -$LINESCTL > $TMPTOO cat $TMPTOO > $TMPFILE LINESCTL=$(( $LINESCTL -1 )) LINES=$(( $LINES -1 )) DATA=`head -1 /tmp/qtmp.hndl` echo "( $DATA ) \c" done echo "\n" rm -f $TMPFILE rm -f $TMPTOO exit 2 fi echo "Print Queues Running... OK" exit 0