RSH return value

[Muskaan]

Hi All,

I wanted to find out a way to get a return value of a command run by rsh. eg: rsh -l<login> <machine name> <command>

Is there a way to determine whether <command> running on remote machine returned 0 or 1 ?

I tried
$> rsh -l<login> <machine name> &quot;<command>; echo $?&quot;
but it always echos 0 (success).

Help!
Muskaan

 

[pete91z]

have you tried creating a wrap around script on the remote machine to do some result checking?

 

[dickiebird]

The $? will return 0 or 1 depending on the success or failure of the rsh, not the command(s) passed with it.
If you rsh to a server that doesn't exist, and echo $? you'd get 1 returned.

Dickie Bird (-)))

 

[vgersh99]

status=`rsh host 'command; echo $?'`

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vlad
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[AHinMaine]

When writing scripts that use rsh, it is critical that you use the

-n

parameter, otherwise it simply swallows the output.

--
Andy

http://www.nachoz.com

&quot;Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention.&quot;
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