Pleasewrite an AppleScript for the following scenario: You need to ping the address10.32.8.151 every 5 seconds and report to the current logged in user via adialog box and email a set address when the IP has failed to respond to morethen 6 pings or 30 seconds. Upon failure of the 6 ping test please have thescript run a trace route and export it to a file named tracereport.txt on~/Desktop
Xserve, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
This sounds remarkably like a homework assignment to me...
I'm guessing something like this covers most of your points.
property theAddress : "10.32.8.151"
global missedPings
on run
set missedPings to 0 -- initialize the counter
end run
on idle
try
do shell script "/sbin/ping -c 1 -t 1 " & theAddress
on error
set missedPings to missedPings + 1
if missedPings = 6 then
networkDown()
tell me to quit
end if
end try
return 5
end idle
on networkDown()
do shell script "/usr/sbin/traceroute " & theAddress & " &> " & quoted form of POSIX path of ((path to desktop as text) & "tracereport.txt") & " &"
do shell script "/bin/echo 'Network missed 6 pings' | /usr/bin/mail -s 'Network down' user@somedomain.com"
display alert "Oops. Network failure" giving up after 5
end networkDown
Thanks, I got an A on the test.
Figures 😟
Life lesson: next time, think it through yourself before passing the buck. That way the grade might count for something.
Sure, there's something to be said for knowing when to ask for help, but having a stab at it first will serve you better in the long run.
Hey Camelot! This is great. I couldn't write this myself because I'm not very familiar with AppleScript. But I can alter your script a little to suit my needs. This is great.
I've been trying to figure out a solution to a problem like this for days! Thanks!!!
🙂
( You were awfully nice to write the script in the first place, considering how it was asked for. )
Regards,
-Mike
Hmmmm, I never wrote this.
Apple Script Help please
