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Eric, >Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:28:42 -0500 (CDT) >From: Eric Nelson <address@hidden> >To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: strange pqact behavior. The above message contained the following: > Here are the results... (sorry for the line wrapping) > > climate:~> ps -ef | awk 'NR==1 || /pqact/' > ldm 26177 26175 0 16:19 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 26178 26175 3 16:19 ? 00:00:03 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.dave > ldm 26179 26175 0 16:19 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.mcidas > ldm 26180 26175 6 16:19 ? 00:00:05 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.gempak > ldm 27152 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27267 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27268 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27269 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27270 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27274 21835 0 16:20 pts/0 00:00:00 awk NR==1 || /pqact/ > ldm 27295 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27296 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27297 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27298 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27299 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp > ldm 27300 26177 0 16:20 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY > /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp The above shows two, distinct, LDM process groups: 26175, and 26177. The closeness of those numbers indicate that they were created almost simultaneously. The ldmadmin(1) script should create only one process group. I suspect that you have something funning going on when you execute the command "ldmadmin start". Can you investigate? Regards, Steve Emmerson