Listing 1: PatchReporter

#!/bin/ksh
# Patch Reporter

PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin" ; export PATH 

############## Config ######################

MAIL_LIST="joe@foobar.com"         

MACHINES="SUN_MACHINES" 
PATCHDATA="patch_data"  # Disposable Directory
INFO="patch_info"
TMPOUT="patchout"
TEMP1="patchtmp"
FINISH="patchout.fin"

############################################

clean_tmp()
{
if [ -s $TMPOUT ]
then
    rm $TMPOUT
fi

if [ -s $FINISH ]
then
    rm $FINISH
fi

if [ -s $TEMP1 ]
then
    rm $TEMP1
fi

if [ -d $PATCHDATA ]
then
    cd $PATCHDATA
    rm -f * 
fi
}

verify_config()
{
if [ ! -f $MACHINES ]
then
    print "Server listing(s) file cannot be found !!!"
exit
fi

if [ ! -f $INFO ]
then
    print "Patch descriptions cannot be found !!!"
exit
fi

if [ ! -d $PATCHDATA ]
then
    print "Creating patch data directory"
    mkdir -p $PATCHDATA
fi
}    

main()
{
for machines in $( < $MACHINES ) ; do
    /bin/rsh -n $machines "showrev -p | awk '{print $2}'" > \
    $PATCHDATA/$machines
done

for machines in `ls $PATCHDATA` ; do
   for patches in `/bin/cat $INFO | awk '{print $1}'` ; do
    for des in `/bin/cat $INFO | grep $patches | awk '{print $2'}` ; do
        PATCH=`/bin/grep $patches $PATCHDATA/$machines\
        | awk '{print $2}' | tail -1` < /dev/null

        PATCH=${PATCH:="Not-Installed"}
    
        printf "%-10s\t %-15s\t %-21s\t %s \n" $machines $PATCH\
        $des $patches >> $TMPOUT

done;done;done 
}

send_report()
{
    printf "%-10s\t %-15s\t %-21s\t %s \n" Hostname Installed\
    Description Patch > $TEMP1

    /bin/sort +3 $TMPOUT >> $TEMP1

cat  $TEMP1 | sed -e '/^$/d' | sed '/Patch/a\
' > $FINISH 

cat $FINISH | mailx -s "Solaris Patch Report" $MAIL_LIST
}

#
# Function List
#

clean_tmp
verify_config
main
send_report
clean_tmp

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