On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> What lessons are out there that I should listen to before deciding to go
> ahead with this?

Hi Todd,

It sounds like it is possible to modify the code to do what you want, but
I have found a simpler way. Maybe it will work for you.

I simply execute rsh and pipe the output to "wc -l" on the remote server.

Here's an example: If I want to execute the date command on a remote
server I can do this:

  rsh porter date 

If I want to know if the command was successful I can do this:

  if [ `rsh porter "date | wc -l"` != 0 ]; then
    echo "oh no!"
  else
    echo "command was successful"
  fi

Here is what this method looks like when executing:

  possum:bstark$ rsh porter date 
  Thu Jan 13 09:51:47 CST 2000
  possum:bstark$ rsh porter "date | wc -l"
         1
  possum:bstark$ rsh porter "date2 | wc -l"
  ksh: date2:  not found.
         0
  possum:bstark$

This trick relies on the fact that date will send output to stdout (thus
providing input to wc), and error messages to stderr (not read by wc). 


Brian

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