Unrelated (was RE: so-called-hang-on-exit)

[Eric Garff]

Sadly, no such luck.  I need the output, now when I run it by hand the
script hangs because it doesn't get any output whatsoever.  Thanks for
the suggestion all the same.

On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 09:51, Nicolas.Williams at ubsw.com wrote:
> 
> Add -n to the ssh command line - see if that fixes it.
> 
> Nico
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Garff [mailto:egarff at omniture.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:15 AM
> > To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> > Subject: Re: so-called-hang-on-exit
> > 
> > 
> > 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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