Time out value for RSH or an alternative...

[search66]

I'm using a UNIX server (SCO) to RSH into a Windows 2000 workstation... I want to run a script that deletes two directories and then go to the next workstation.

This is what I have now, but if for some reason the file is is use or not responding; the 'script' hangs. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to cause the script to timeout and move on to the next wrks...

Here is the script I have... Appreciate the help.

for x in `nt_list`;do echo $x;rsh $x "rm -rf c:\docume~1\level2 c:\docume~1\level3";done

 

[SamBones]

You're trying to execute an "[tt]rm[/tt]" command on a Windows machine. I don't think that's a valid command in Windows. Shouldn't it be a "[tt]RD[/tt]" or "[tt]RMDIR[/tt]"?

 

[SamBones]

You can also add a test to see if the directory is there first. Something like...

for x in `nt_list`
do
    echo $x
    rsh %x "if exist c:\docume~1\level2 rd /s c:\docume~1\level2"
    rsh %x "if exist c:\docume~1\level3 rd /s c:\docume~1\level3"
done