From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:36:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: feat(user/ping_offline.sh):Add script to ping until it succeeds once X-Git-Tag: 0.8.1~2 X-Git-Url: https://zdv2.bktei.com/gitweb/BK-2020-03.git/commitdiff_plain/13c46bd3783fb9ee553b541ea7267bbb0a4912a0?ds=sidebyside;hp=-c feat(user/ping_offline.sh):Add script to ping until it succeeds once - Note: the script is meant to mark the time when internet connectivity is reestablished. - doc(user/ping_offline.sh.org):Add docs - doc(user/template.org):Add template for future executable documentation. --- 13c46bd3783fb9ee553b541ea7267bbb0a4912a0 diff --git a/doc/user/ping_offline.sh.org b/doc/user/ping_offline.sh.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b96e46 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/ping_offline.sh.org @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +* ping_offline.sh documentation + +#+TITLE: ping_offline.sh documentation +#+AUTHOR: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval +#+DATE:2023-02-20 +#+EMAIL:baltakatei@gmail.com +#+LANGUAGE: en +#+OPTIONS: toc:nil + +Created by [[https://baltakatei.com][Steven Baltakatei Sandoval]] on +2023-02-20T22:27+00 +under a [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/][CC BY-SA 4.0]] (🅭🅯🄎4.0) license and last updated on +2023-02-20T22:34+00 + +** Summary + +~ping_offline.sh~ is a small Bash script meant to indicate when the +machine it runs on is able to ping a remote server. + +** Versions +| Version | Description | +|---------+-------------------------| +| 0.0.1 | Initial working script. | + +** Background +Sometimes, my machines are on a network that is temporarily +disconnected for various reasons. I'd like to know approximately when +they come back online by pinging a remote server; once a successful +ping is established, I can stop further pings. However, the ~ping~ +executable available (provided by the package ~iputils-ping~) on my +Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS machine throws an error if the machine is completely +offline; therefore, I wrote the script to regularly try the command +until it succeeds at least once. + +** Dependencies +- ~iputils-ping~ package (Version: 3:20211215-1) + +** References diff --git a/doc/user/template.org b/doc/user/template.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..491153f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/template.org @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +* template + +#+TITLE: template +#+AUTHOR: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval +#+DATE:YYYY-mm-dd +#+EMAIL:baltakatei@gmail.com +#+LANGUAGE: en +#+OPTIONS: toc:nil + +Created by [[https://baltakatei.com][Steven Baltakatei Sandoval]] on +YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM+ZZ +under a [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/][CC BY-SA 4.0]] (🅭🅯🄎4.0) license and last updated on +YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM+ZZ. + +** Summary + + +** Versions +| Version | Description | +|---------+-------------------------------------------------| +| | | + +** Background + + +** References +- foo +- bar diff --git a/user/ping_offline.sh b/user/ping_offline.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000..e5b7804 --- /dev/null +++ b/user/ping_offline.sh @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +#!/bin/bash +# Desc:Marks the time when a remote server can be pinged. +# Depends: GNU Coreutils 8.32 (date, sleep), iputils-ping 3:20211215-1 (ping) +# Version: 0.0.1 + +delay=10; +domain="google.com" + +if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then domain="$1"; fi; + +printf "%s:STATUS:Starting ping...\n" "$(date -Is)"; +while ! ping -c1 "$domain"; do + sleep "$delay"; +done; +printf "%s:Ping resolved.\n" "$(date -Is)"; +exit 0;