#!/usr/bin/env bash
# usage is: validate_db_connection 2 50 psql
SLEEP=$1
TRIES=$2
PSQL=$3
STATE=1
for (( c=1; c<=$TRIES; c++ ))
do
echo $c
if [ $c -gt 1 ]
then
echo 'sleeping'
sleep $SLEEP
fi
/bin/echo "SELECT 1" | $PSQL
STATE=$?
if [ $STATE -eq 0 ]
exit 0
done
echo 'Unable to connect to postgresql'
exit 1