20030324: ldm6: ldmadmin pqactHUP can't find pqact's PID

Neil,

> To: address@hidden
> From: "Neil R. Smith" <address@hidden>
> Subject: ldm6: ldmadmin pqactHUP can't find pqact's PID
> Organization: TAMU

The above message contained the following:

> LDM 6 on FreeBSD 4.7:
> 
> > ldmadmin pqactHUP
> pqact: process not found, can't HUP pqact
> 
> I know the pqact exists -- I can see it with a full ps listing
> and it's actively decoding.
> 
> Might the ps options in the ldmadmin_pqactHUP routine in ldmadmin need
> to be tweeked for freebsd?

Good catch!

BSD-derived operating systems (FreeBSD, netBSD, BSDi) like Linux
have a non-standard ps(1) utility. I've enclosed a patch to the
ldmadmin.in proto-script that should fix the problem. After patching
your ldmadmin.in in your "src/scripts" directory, you'll have to
reinstall it and reapply any customizations to it (advice: save the old
ldmadmin script for comparison).

Be advised that I'm not a perl expert -- so if it doesn't work, I'd
appreaciate hearing from you.

This change will be in the next release.

> Thanks, -Neil
> -- 
> Neil R. Smith, Comp. Sys. Mngr.               address@hidden
> Dept. Atmospheric Sci., Texas A&M Univ.       979/845-6272 FAX:979/862-4466

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Index: ldmadmin.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /upc/share/CVS/ldm5/scripts/ldmadmin.in,v
retrieving revision 1.82
diff -c -r1.82 ldmadmin.in
*** ldmadmin.in 2003/02/27 20:01:26     1.82
--- ldmadmin.in 2003/03/25 16:47:13
***************
*** 835,841 ****
  if ($os eq "SunOS" && $release =~ /^4/) {
        open( IN, "ps -gawxl |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
        $default = 3 ;
! } elsif( $os eq "Linux") {
          open( IN, "ps ajx |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
          $default = 0 ;
  
--- 835,841 ----
  if ($os eq "SunOS" && $release =~ /^4/) {
        open( IN, "ps -gawxl |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
        $default = 3 ;
! } elsif( $os eq "Linux" || $os =~ /BSD/i) {
          open( IN, "ps ajx |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
          $default = 0 ;
  
***************
*** 902,908 ****
      if ($os eq "SunOS" && $release =~ /^4/) {
        $ps_cmd = "ps -agwxj | egrep $gpid_num";
      
!     } elsif( $os eq "Linux") {
          $ps_cmd = "ps ajx | grep $gpid_num" ;
  
      } else {
--- 902,908 ----
      if ($os eq "SunOS" && $release =~ /^4/) {
        $ps_cmd = "ps -agwxj | egrep $gpid_num";
      
!     } elsif( $os eq "Linux" || $os =~ /BSD/i) {
          $ps_cmd = "ps ajx | grep $gpid_num" ;
  
      } else {
***************
*** 949,955 ****
  if ($os eq "SunOS" && $release =~ /^4/) {
        open( IN, "ps -gawxl |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
        $default = 0 ;
! } elsif( $os eq "Linux") {
          open( IN, "ps ajx |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
          $default = 1 ;
  
--- 949,955 ----
  if ($os eq "SunOS" && $release =~ /^4/) {
        open( IN, "ps -gawxl |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
        $default = 0 ;
! } elsif( $os eq "Linux" || $os =~ /BSD/i) {
          open( IN, "ps ajx |" ) || bad_exit("ps: Cannot open ps");
          $default = 1 ;