so-called-hang-on-exit

[Eric Garff]

That may be, but it only "hangs" when run from cron, if I run it
manually it executes fine, could cron be causing the "hang".  Also, if I
used Protocol 1 it completes normally.

On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 18:13, Frank Cusack wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 02:32:33PM -0600, Eric Garff wrote:
> > This isn't an actual reply to any one person, but here is my experience:
> > 
> > I have tested both the patches by Jani Jaakkol and Frank Cusack (Frank's
> > I tried both the pty and non-pty changes).  I still get the hang, here
> > is my setup.
> > 
> > This is entered as a cronjob on one server to run every 15 minutes:
> > 
> > /home/httpd/bin/cache/glb/gTest >>/home/httpd/bin/cache/glb/gTest.log
> > 2>>/home/httpd/bin/cache/glb/gTest.log
> > 
> >   here are the guts of the script:
> > 	/usr/local/bin/ssh hostname /bin/ls /some/dir | /usr/bin/wc -l ;
> > /bin/ls /some/other/dir | /usr/bin/wc -l ; /bin/ls /some/other/dir |
> > /usr/bin/wc -l"
> > 
> > The script is actually a php script that does a number of other things
> > before it executes the ssh (database to grab hostnames, etc.), but that
> > is how the ssh portion pans out.  After executing the command it then
> > starts a 20 second timer, and if the ssh session is still alive, it
> > kills it.  Also, if I run the script by hand (not crond) it completes
> > just fine (no hang).
> > 
> > Any ideas?  Your time is MUCH appreciated.
> 
> You're doing something wrong.  Your ssh command is not an example of
> the hang-on-exit problem.
> 
> /fc
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