Re: use openssh in script for timeout

From: all mail refused (elvis_at_notatla.org.uk)
Date: 03/13/04 

Date: 13 Mar 2004 14:40:51 GMT

In article <k9p450l1sl433fn7bf5mumdgqnju7balst@4ax.com>, hmc wrote:

>I have a bash script that use openssh to go to a list of machines to
>run a program.
>I want the script to try the next host if the current host does not
>response in a certain period or prompt for password.
>Is there a option to do this?

Can be done with alarm() but I don't think bash has it. YA reason to use Perl.

There are also several existing scripts for this sort of thing - reaching
a set number of hosts concurrently, logging each output etc etc. 

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Elvis Notargiacomo  master AT barefaced DOT cheek

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