loghost.sh

#!/bin/bash
# ./loghost.sh
# Israel Torres 20121025 host site logger - pings host and logs when it came back up
ltimestamp=$(date +%s)
ltsreadable=$(date -r $ltimestamp)
HOST=$1
echo "Scanning:: $HOST as of [$ltimestamp] $ltsreadable ..."
ping -o $HOST > /dev/null
if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
    timestamp=$(date +%s)
    tsreadable=$(date -r $timestamp)
    echo "$HOST appears UP as of [$timestamp] $tsreadable ***" | tee "log-$timestamp-$HOST.txt"
else
    echo "weird error"
fi
#eof