[ale] scripts, file I/O, and loss of hair

[Jim Kinney]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 May 2011 15:30:09 -0400
> Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Some stuff I've tried:
> > rsh $node 'echo $$; $command < $input &'
> > rsh $node 'echo $$; $command < $input &' &
> > rsh -n $node 'echo $$; $command < $input &'
> > mypid=$(rsh $node 'echo $$; $command < $input &')
> > rsh $node 'echo $$; $command < $input &' 2>&1
>
> How about:
>
> rsh $node '$command < $input & echo $!'
>
fail :-(

Works from cli but fails from script due to nested sessions (I guess)
did the cheap: rsh... &
mypid=$(rsh $node "ps ax -u $USER" | grep $command | grep -v grep | awk
'{print $1}')



> > BTW: RHEL5 has a BUSTED rsh. -n DOES NOT WORK!
>
> Maybe everyone is using ssh :)
>
want MAX! POWER! for number crunching not encrypting useless tracking
data...

>
> Pat
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