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Re: Need help with simple script ? [message #171508 is a reply to message #171507] Fri, 07 January 2011 03:07 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/6/2011 9:49 PM, leepincat wrote:
> On Jan 6, 6:42 pm, Jerry Stuckle<jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 1/6/2011 9:05 PM, leepincat wrote:
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>>> A scripting person I'm not but, I imagine someone could whip this kind
>>> of thing out
>>> with little effort.
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>>> Here's the description:
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>>> 1. Code must compile/run without errors
>>> 2. It takes arguments for: timeout, url, expected_response_code,
>>> retry_count
>>> 3. The script performs an HTTP GET for the url
>>> 4. If the HTTP response code matches the expected_response_code the
>>> script will exit with status code 0
>>> 5. If the HTTP response code doesn't match exit with a nonzero status
>>> code and print an error
>>> 6. If the HTTP GET either times out or fails in another way
>>> (connection
>>> refused, etc.) retry until retry count is exhausted
>>> 7. If all retries are exhausted without a success, print a message
>>> to STDERR and exit with a non-zero status code.
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>>> Any help greatly appreciated - Donna
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>> What have you tried so far?
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>> We're not going to do your homework for you.
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> I wouldn't know where to begin!
> pushing 60 years, can't recall the last time I had "homework". Thanks
> anyway - Donna

I'm pretty close to the same age. But I still take classes and get
homework. Nothing like it to keep your mind active.

So if this isn't homework, why would someone want a person with no
scripting experience?

And I don't doubt you, but it really does sound like a homework question
- both in wording and function. Very similar to what I would give my
students.

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