#!/bin/bash
if
(ping -c1 -w1 -n  wap1);
then
eval "/usr/local/bin/tide -b \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M\"`\" -e \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M\"`\" -s \"00:05\" -l \"Alert Bay, British Columbia\" -m r -o /var/log/waplog-oct";
else
((echo  "`date +"%s "`  ") >> /var/log/waplog-oct);
fi

# this prints the tide value for the current time  using the xtide program.
# formatted as
# 2003-10-01  9:22 AM PDT 8.480982

#eval "/usr/local/bin/tide -b \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %l:%M\"`\" -e \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %l:%M\"`\" -s \"00:05\" -l \"Alert Bay, British Columbia\" -m m "

#  Same as previous but appends to a file called junk:
#eval "/usr/local/bin/tide -b \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %l:%M\"`\" -e \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %l:%M\"`\" -s \"00:05\" -l \"Alert Bay, British Columbia\" -m m -o junk"

#  This has the timeformat -tf  command lin switch to set the printed 
# time format for compatibility with gnuplot's timefmt.
#eval "/usr/local/bin/tide -b \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %l:%M\"`\" -e \"`date +\"%Y-%m-%d %l:%M\"`\" -s \"00:05\" -l \"Alert Bay, British Columbia\" -m m -tf \"%H:%M\" "