[Info-vax] how to do a search for just today's info

[pcoviello at gmail.com]

On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 12:59:53 PM UTC-5, pcov... at gmail.com wrote:
> I have a constantly growing log file.
> 
> I put together a command procedure to do 2 searches, I need to have the second 
> search only for what is new or what is only today.
> 
> here is the first search
> 
> 01/21/15-01:09:49:245 (20f4e4b7) 0 Starting Expansion for database _DSA316:[CACHESYS.APL.GBDEBT28K]. 2000 MB requested.
> 01/21/15-10:41:23:539 (20f4e4b7) 0 Starting Expansion for database _DSA310:[CACHESYS.SUBCOM]. 1000 MB requested.
> 01/22/15-10:59:40:048 (20f4e4b7) 0 Starting Expansion for database _DSA304:[CACHESYS.PL.GBDEBT68K]. 5000 MB requested.
> 01/25/15-15:42:22:716 (20f4e4b7) 0 Starting Expansion for database _DSA317:[CACHESYS.CABLE.GBDEBT38K]. 5000 MB requested.
> 01/27/15-09:44:10:310 (20f4e4b7) 0 Starting Expansion for database _DSA311:[CACHESYS.CJVA1]. 1000 MB requested.
> 
> 
> in this case I would not see any today. I'll be running this 24/7 and 30 minute
> intervals
> 
> $ TIME_STAMP=F$TIME()
> $ TODAY=F$TIME()
> $!
> $ sea cachesys:cconsole.log "expansion for"/out=sys$scratch:cconsole.TMP
> $!
> $ if time_stamp .eqs. today
> $ then goto NEXT
> $ NEXT:
> $ Search sys$scratch:cconsole.tmp today /out=temp:cconsole_log.TXT
> $ IF F$FILE_ATTRIBUTES("temp:cconsole_log.txt","EOF") .EQ. 0 THEN GOTO EXIT
> $  mail/subject="***** CACHE Monitor *****" temp:cconsole_log.TXT "pcoviello at someplace.com"
> $ DELETE SYS$SCRATCH:cconsole.tmp;*
> $ DELETE temp:cconsole_log.txt;*
> $ EXIT:
> FACS1>
> 
> thanks
> Paul



thanks Norm, but I don't really care if they matched it was more trying to define something to search on.  

there's a someplace.com?  :-)  never even thought about that! 
that should work perfectly 
I did try a search on c.o.v but evidently didn't use the right words.

thank you!