[K12OSN] Seti...

Jason Walsh jwalsh at pbtigers.org
Thu Mar 24 17:52:34 UTC 2005


When I launch mine and *nix plat form I do it like so:
./seti > /dev/null 2>&1 &

So, any standard output is dumped (/dev/null) and any error output (2>) is
set to standard output (/dev/null). See if that works.

Jason Walsh
Technology Coordinator
Precious Blood Catholic School
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Powers [mailto:spowers at inlandlakes.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:22 PM
To: k12osn at redhat.com
Subject: [K12OSN] Seti...

Ok, waaaay OT question. :)

I'm trying to make an rc file so that my thin clients will run seti at home 
in the background. (Sneaky, eh?)

I can get the program to start, make a folder based on the hostname, and 
start to crunch numbers -- but for some reason, the process is killed 
off shortly after the thin client boots.  I can't seem to keep it running.

If I go to the local shell of the thin client, the rc file loads and 
runs happily.  If I don't put an & after the setiathome executable, the 
thin client hangs and won't continue booting...  Ugh.  Here's my current 
script:
----
#!/bin/bash

mkdir /tmp/swapfiles/$HOSTNAME
cd /tmp/swapfiles/$HOSTNAME
cp /etc/user_info.sah .
/usr/bin/setiathome &
----

Any ideas?


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Inland Lakes Schools
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