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Script to check the uptime of my ISP - I run this from a CRON job on a local box.
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isp-uptime.sh
#!/bin/bash
# try 3 times - sometimes getting an initial DNS failure that clears up
COUNTER=0
while [ $COUNTER -lt 3 ]; do
ping -c 1 google.com &> /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "`date`: ping failed, isp is down!" >> /Users/aking/Dropbox/Temp/isp-ping-result.log
echo "`date`: ping failed, isp is down!" >> /Users/aking/Dropbox/Temp/isp-downtime.log
else
echo "`date`: ping succeeded." >> /Users/aking/Dropbox/Temp/isp-ping-result.log
let COUNTER=3
fi
let COUNTER=COUNTER+1
done
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