Hi, We have several backup jobs running everyday. We do get mails if job is successful/fails. For some reason, if the job didnot run, we would know the status. I am in the process of developing script for this. I have a function in my script to find waht day it is: Here is my script: sid1=abcd sid2=efgh sid3=ijkl sid4=mnop sid5=qrst sid6=uvwx if [[ dayno -eq 1 ]] then for i in $sid1 $sid2 $sid3 $sid4 $sid5 $sid6 do ls $log_home/$i_level0_backup.log if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "Level 0 backup for $i was not successful. Please check the log files" >> $tmpfile echo " " >>$tmpfile mailit=true done elif [[ dayno -eq 2 || dayno -eq 3 || dayno -eq 5 || dayno -eq 6 ]] then for i in $sid1 $sid2 $sid3 $sid4 $sid5 $sid6 do ls $log_home/$i_level2_backup.log if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "Level 2 backup for $i was not successful. Please check the log files" >> $tmpfile echo " " >>$tmpfile mailit=true done elif [[ dayno -eq 4 ]] then for i in $sid1 $sid2 $sid3 $sid4 $sid5 $sid6 do ls $log_home/$i_level1_backup.log if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "Level 1 backup for $i was not successful. Please check the log files" >> $tmpfile echo " " >>$tmpfile mailit=true done fi I know I am doing something wrong in 'for loop' section. I am getting syntax error. Please help. Thanks and Regards Suresh sureshht

I found a number of problems: 1) In the 3 for loops, the inner if statement isn't terminated by an fi. 2) With a series of elif clauses, the terminating one must be a else with no then 3) variable dayno should have a $, but that may be optional depending on your shell. Below are the changes I made using ksh. Good hunting! if [[ $dayno -eq 1 ]] then for i in $sid1 $sid2 $sid3 $sid4 $sid5 $sid6 do ls $log_home/$i_level0_backup.log if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "Level 0 backup for $i was not successful. Please check the log files" >> $tmpfile echo " " >>$tmpfile mailit=true fi done elif [[ $dayno -eq 2 || $dayno -eq 3 || $dayno -eq 5 || $dayno -eq 6 ]] then for i in $sid1 $sid2 $sid3 $sid4 $sid5 $sid6 do ls $log_home/$i_level2_backup.log if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "Level 2 backup for $i was not successful. Please check the log files" >> $tmpfile echo " " >>$tmpfile mailit=true fi done else [[ $dayno -eq 4 ]] for i in $sid1 $sid2 $sid3 $sid4 $sid5 $sid6 do ls $log_home/$i_level1_backup.log if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "Level 1 backup for $i was not successful. Please check the log files" >> $tmpfile echo " " >>$tmpfile mailit=true fi done fi

Hi Nails, Thanks for your response. The 'dayno' variable without $ works for me. The problem is : ls $log_home/$i_level1_backup.log After $i it is not recognizing '_' (underscore). I am getting : ls: 0653-341 The file /.log does not exist. Thanks and regards Suresh sureshht

Hi Nails, Thanks for all your help. I resolved my problem by replacing $i_level1_backup.log with ${i}_ level1_backup.log Thanks and Regards Suresh sureshht