ready_to_run ()
{
# set -x
# This function looks for a file on the system
# defined by the $READYTORUN_FILE variable. The
# presents presence of this file indicates we are ready
# to run this script. This file will contain a
# number 1 or 2 identifying the day we are
# working with.

if [ -r ${READYTORUN_FILE} ]
then
     cat ${READYTORUN_FILE}
else
     echo "NOT_READY"
fi
}