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#!/bin/bash

# pinglog
# purpose: ping target and log up and down change states
# author: Kenneth Burgener <kenneth@oeey.com> March 2011

# INITIALIZE VARIABLES
STATE="DOWN"
TARGET="$1"
SLEEP=1
LOGFILE="$0.log"
DOT=true
LASTUP=`date +%s`

# CHECK COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
if [ "$1" = "" ] ; then
echo "Usage: $0 <target> [interval]"
exit 1
fi
if [ "$2" != "" ] ; then
SLEEP=$2
fi

# LOG TO FILE AND SCREEN
function log {
echo $1 >> $LOGFILE
echo $1
}

# HEADER
log "= PINGING $1 EVERY $SLEEP SECONDS... ="

# INITIAL STATE
ping -c 1 -w 1 $TARGET > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
log "UP: `date`"
STATE="UP"
else
log "DOWN: `date`"
STATE="DOWN"
fi

# MAIN LOOP
while true ; do

ping -c 1 -w 1 $TARGET > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
if [ "$STATE" = "DOWN" ] ; then
log "UP: `date`"
STATE="UP"
log "OUTAGE: $(( `date +%s` - $LASTUP )) seconds"
fi
else
if [ "$STATE" = "UP" ] ; then
log "DOWN: `date`"
STATE="DOWN"
LASTUP=`date +%s`
fi
fi

if [ $DOT ] ; then
echo -n "."
fi

sleep $SLEEP

done
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Kenneth: Created page with "
#!/bin/bash # pinglog # purpose: ping target and log up and down change states # author: Kenneth Burgener March 2011 # INITIALIZE VARIABLES STATE="D..."