checkConnection

#!/bin/bash
#
# Author: Artur O. Commander.Alchemy@gmail.com (Justice @ Freenode #Archlinux)
# Description:
# Checks for connection status to host.
# Uses sendmsg to send desktop notification

log=~/.connectionstatus.log
host=8.8.8.8

# Check connection to host
check_connection() {
  ping -c 4 -n -q "$host" > /dev/null
  response=$?

  if [[ $response = 0 ]]; then
    echo "$(date)" " Connection established to  "$host"" >> "$log"
    sendmsg "Connection establsihed to "$host"" "Connection Status"
  
  else
    echo "$(date)" " Connection failed to       "$host"" >> "$log"
    sendmsg "Connection failed to "$host"" "Connection Status"
  fi
}

# Create log if it does not exist
create_log() {
  if [[ ! -a $log ]]; then
    echo "no "$log" found, generating a new one"
    echo "Log generated automatically" "$(date)" > "$log"
  fi
}

create_log
check_connection
exit 0