05-backup-motd-script

#!/bin/bash
# Author - Josh Grancell
# Purpose - Hooks into the /var/log/backup-failures.log to
# display an MOTD error when a backup has failed

if [ -e /var/log/backup-failures.log ]; then
        if grep "failed" /var/log/backup-failures.log; then
                echo ""
                echo -ne "\033[31m * "
                cat /var/log/backup-failures.log
        else
                echo ""
                echo -ne "\033[32m * "
                echo "No recent backup failures. "
        fi
else
        echo ""
        echo -ne "\033[33m * "
        echo "Backup log file is missing."
fi

echo -ne "\033[0;39m"