commands promise and exec_timeout

[robu...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

I have a strange issue with a commands promise.

I like to execute

commands:

"/usr/bin/swatch"

               args        =>  "--script-dir=/root --config-file=/etc/swatch/swatch-auth.conf --tail-file=/var/log/auth.log --tail-args=--follow=name --daemon";

calling this from the command-line,

the command returns immediately with exit status "0"

cf-agent on the other side hangs here whatever I trie.

I tried

- putting all "args" into the promiser string,

- running with no extra options,

- running with a contain body with:

--- useshell or noshell (noshell should be okay though, right?)

--- exec_timeout 

--- different umask values

it's all the same:

the command IS executed (it's running after cf-agent evaluated the promise)

but immediately after this command cf-agent is waiting infinitely ,

keeps waiting passing any timeout (the timeout is mentioned by cf-agent -v as the last output)

I have several other commands promises which are all working fine.

Anybody any idea, or how to debug this further

TIA

Robur

[Neil Watson]

I'm not familiar with the swatch command, but I suspect it's a command
that holds open file handles like stdout, forcing cf-agent to wait for
closure that never comes.

You'll need to wrap this command in something.

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[Nick Anderson]

On 07/22/2014 07:37 AM, Neil Watson wrote:
> I'm not familiar with the swatch command, but I suspect it's a
> command that holds open file handles like stdout, forcing cf-agent to
> wait for closure that never comes.
>
> You'll need to wrap this command in something.

You might want to try the daemonize bundle that Brian submitted recently.


https://github.com/cfengine/masterfiles/blob/63bf31847db145478d8f52a75a04a19b88217322/lib/3.6/commands.cf#L50-65

[robu...@gmail.com]

Thnx Neil, Nick ...

You might want to try the daemonize bundle that Brian submitted recently.

https://github.com/cfengine/masterfiles/blob/63bf31847db145478d8f52a75a04a19b88217322/lib/3.6/commands.cf#L50-65

Brilliant, that did the trick!

Now it works like a charm.

Thnx a lot!

Robur

[Brian Bennett]

Glad to hear, even though I didn't see this until after I had helped you ;-)

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