'remsh $host /opt/perf/bin/mwa start' hangs

[Mladen Despic]

I attempted to start Measureware on hostB by running the following on hostA:

remsh hostB /opt/perf/bin/mwa start


Measureware does start up on hostB, but I never get my prompt back on hostA. Why?

[harry d brown jr]

You need to set your DISPLAY variable.


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harry

[Mladen Despic]

Harry,

It is set already.
Is that really required to start Measureware?

Thanks ... Mladen

[Roger Baptiste]

Mladen,

it works on the system i tried, returning
to the command prompt.

How about trying,
remsh system "command" >/tmp/outfile

Another try can be to put
it in Background mode (&).

R-

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

Hi,

Just athought.. Try it in background mode.. (& at the end of your command..)

-USA..

[linuxfan · Accepted solution]

Hi,

have you tried it with a -n option

remsh hostB -n "/opt/perf/bin/mwa start"

In my case it seems to work with or without the -n option,

You could try something like this too (from man page of remsh)

remsh hostB -n "/opt/perf/bin/mwa start 1>&- 2>&- &"

this would return your prompt right away and start measureware on hostB in the background.

-Regards
Ramesh

[Mladen Despic]

Ramesh,

Thanks for finding that command in the 'remsh' man pages. That's the only one that worked for me! The option -n alone didn't make a difference.

RajMan,

Thanks for trying this on your systems. I tried it on several different systems as well. The only apparent consistency is that remsh hangs whenever hostB runs HP-UX 10.20; it works fine when hostB is HP-UX 11.00.

Does anyone know why the command in the subject line hangs?