Re: Auto-email upon restart?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
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texte = Ken,But doesn't this require that youa re running Triggers all the time? Wouldn't that possibly cause an undue load on your server?How about this for an idea, based on your many posts about SIMS, and assuming the machine in question is a Mac Webserver, how about having an AppleScript in your startup items folder that copies a properly formatted file into the submitted items folder of SIMs which would then send it to you. This would actually give you an email for when the machine us restarted, not just WebCat - if that is ok.A second possibility, and much less complicated is that with WS 4.4, FlexMail is included. It has an option to send you an email on restart. Just use that is a complete server restart is acceptable as opposed to just a WC restart.DaleOn Sat, 8 Sep 2001 14:38:53 Kenneth Grome
wrote: > >On 9/7/01 7:47 PM, Kenneth Grome > wrote: > > > >> WebCat does not offer an option to activate a trigger > automatically > >> when the program is restarted. Does anyone have an idea > (or > >> existing code) for how to make this happen? I simply want > to receive > >> an email message when webcat is restarted ... but I do > not want to > >> receive this message at any other time. > > > > > >My winNT runs all the daily triggers whenever the machine > starts up. > >In fact I had to set things up so that it ignored everytime > webcat crashed > >and restarted itself. I was getting 3-5 crashes everyday and > it would run > >specialized routines that should have only run at 1 in the > morning. > > > >You could set the trigger to run at 1:01 and then do a > hideif [time] is > >between 101 and 103. Its not perfect, but, its within 3 > minutes a day. > > > Thanks for the ideas, Bob. Given the fact that triggers > should > execute on time -- within the second -- the following code > seems like > it should work with a trigger set to run at 00:00:01 am every > day (* > * * 0 0 1). This code increases the precision of the > messages being > sent to a range of about 3 seconds. > > When webcat's trigger system sends a request for this file at > 00:00:01, the first set of showif's allow the nested sendmail > message > to be sent, because the time is between 00:00:00 and > 00:00:03. At > the same time, the second set of showif's prevent the second > message > from being sent. > > But when this file is requested by a restart of webcat -- at > any time > except the few seconds during which the trigger requests this > file -- > the second message will be sent and the first one will not. > > This is just what I need: a system that tells me every day > that the > trigger is still working, and when the server is restarted at > a time > that's not within a few seconds of the trigger time, I will > receive a > different message telling me exactly when the server was > restarted. > > Presumably the only time this solution will not work > perfectly is > when webcat is restarted during the few seconds between > 00:00:00 and > 00:00:03, because at this time it will not send me a 'server > restart' > message. But my need is not so critical that I have to be > concerned > about those few seconds. > > [showif [time]>00:00:00] > [showif [time]<00:00:03] > [sendmail to=owner@kengrome.com&from=Ken's > Server&subject=Daily trigger activated > at > [time] --> emailOnRestart]This message confirms that the > trigger I > refer to as emailOnRestart is actually working every day > like it is > supposed to.[/sendmail] > [/showif] > [/showif] > > [showif [time]<23:59:59] > [showif [time]>00:00:02] > [sendmail to=owner@kengrome.com&from=Ken's > Server&subject=Server restarted at > [time]]This > message confirms that the server has restarted at some time > of the > day which does not fall between 00:00:00 and > 00:00:03.[/sendmail] > [/showif] > [/showif] > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth Grome & Associates > web: http://kengrome.com > email: owner@kengrome.com > mobile: +63 917 254-1494 > office: +63 32 262-8164------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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Ken,But doesn't this require that youa re running triggers all the time? Wouldn't that possibly cause an undue load on your server?How about this for an idea, based on your many posts about SIMS, and assuming the machine in question is a Mac Webserver, how about having an AppleScript in your startup items folder that copies a properly formatted file into the submitted items folder of SIMs which would then send it to you. This would actually give you an email for when the machine us restarted, not just WebCat - if that is ok.A second possibility, and much less complicated is that with WS 4.4, FlexMail is included. It has an option to send you an email on restart. Just use that is a complete server restart is acceptable as opposed to just a WC restart.DaleOn Sat, 8 Sep 2001 14:38:53 Kenneth Grome wrote: > >On 9/7/01 7:47 PM, Kenneth Grome > wrote: > > > >> WebCat does not offer an option to activate a trigger > automatically > >> when the program is restarted. Does anyone have an idea > (or > >> existing code) for how to make this happen? I simply want > to receive > >> an email message when webcat is restarted ... but I do > not want to > >> receive this message at any other time. > > > > > >My winNT runs all the daily triggers whenever the machine > starts up. > >In fact I had to set things up so that it ignored everytime > webcat crashed > >and restarted itself. I was getting 3-5 crashes everyday and > it would run > >specialized routines that should have only run at 1 in the > morning. > > > >You could set the trigger to run at 1:01 and then do a > hideif [time] is > >between 101 and 103. Its not perfect, but, its within 3 > minutes a day. > > > Thanks for the ideas, Bob. Given the fact that triggers > should > execute on time -- within the second -- the following code > seems like > it should work with a trigger set to run at 00:00:01 am every > day (* > * * 0 0 1). This code increases the precision of the > messages being > sent to a range of about 3 seconds. > > When webcat's trigger system sends a request for this file at > 00:00:01, the first set of showif's allow the nested sendmail > message > to be sent, because the time is between 00:00:00 and > 00:00:03. At > the same time, the second set of showif's prevent the second > message > from being sent. > > But when this file is requested by a restart of webcat -- at > any time > except the few seconds during which the trigger requests this > file -- > the second message will be sent and the first one will not. > > This is just what I need: a system that tells me every day > that the > trigger is still working, and when the server is restarted at > a time > that's not within a few seconds of the trigger time, I will > receive a > different message telling me exactly when the server was > restarted. > > Presumably the only time this solution will not work > perfectly is > when webcat is restarted during the few seconds between > 00:00:00 and > 00:00:03, because at this time it will not send me a 'server > restart' > message. But my need is not so critical that I have to be > concerned > about those few seconds. > > [showif [time]>00:00:00] > [showif [time]<00:00:03] > [sendmail to=owner@kengrome.com&from=Ken's > Server&subject=Daily trigger activated > at > [time] --> emailOnRestart]This message confirms that the > trigger I > refer to as emailOnRestart is actually working every day > like it is > supposed to.[/sendmail] > [/showif] > [/showif] > > [showif [time]<23:59:59] > [showif [time]>00:00:02] > [sendmail to=owner@kengrome.com&from=Ken's > Server&subject=Server restarted at > [time]]This > message confirms that the server has restarted at some time > of the > day which does not fall between 00:00:00 and > 00:00:03.[/sendmail] > [/showif] > [/showif] > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth Grome & Associates > web: http://kengrome.com > email: owner@kengrome.com > mobile: +63 917 254-1494 > office: +63 32 262-8164------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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