#! /usr/local/bin/php <?php // General-purpose watchdog script. // Run this from crontab. // We use the mod time of a file "watchdog_exec_time" // to keep track of the last time we ran. // BOINC uses a number of "error log files". // If any error log file has been updated since the last time we ran, // sound the alarm. // TODO: to detect file system full errors, // have this program attempt to create/read a file. function sound_alarm($x) { //echo "alarm: $x\n"; mail("davea@ssl.berkeley.edu", "BOINC problem", $x); mail("eheien@ssl.berkeley.edu", "BOINC problem", $x); } function check_log_file($file, $last_time) { $t = filemtime($file); if ($t == false) { sound_alarm("log file ".$file." missing"); } else if ($t > $last_time) { $lines = file($file); $last_line = $lines[count($lines)-1]; sound_alarm($last_line); } } $last_time = filemtime("watchdog_exec_time"); if (!$last_time) { sound_alarm("Couldn't find watchdog_exec_time"); } touch("watchdog_exec_time"); check_log_file("error_log", $last_time); ?>