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Tom, > Does pqinsert send a SIGCONT to the LDM process group? Only if the pqinsert(1) process was started by an EXEC entry in the LDM's configuration-file. > Looking at the pqinsert.c source code it does not appear to (perhaps it > buried in another module). The SIGCONT is sent by the product-queue access module (pq.c). > We would like to use pqinsert as our primary > means of inserting data into the product queue and wake the upstream > LDM immediately upon insertion (avoiding the up to 30 second wait for > the upstream LDM to wake up on its own). I recommend starting a script via an EXEC entry that uses pqinsert(1). > According to this web page "Data-Product Ingesters > > <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.12.14/basics/programs.html#ingesters>" > > an ingestor "... should send a SIGCONT > > <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.12.14/basics/glindex.html#SIGCONT> > > signal to its process group > > <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.12.14/basics/glindex.html#process%20group> > > whenever it inserts a data-product > > <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.12.14/basics/glindex.html#data-product> > > into the product-queue > > <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.12.14/basics/glindex.html#product-queue>." > > Since, pqinsert is an ingestor it should send it. However, it also says > that pqinsert is "an ingester that not only runs outside the LDM process > group but also self-terminates", which implies that it won't send it, > correct? The signal is sent by the product-queue module, which pqinsert(1) uses. > How can pqinsert be used to send a SIGCONT to LDM process group? > My notes from the LDM workshop class say that pqinsert has to be started > from an EXEC line in the ldmd.conf file. I don't understand how that > would work unless there is a pqinsert command line option to keep it from > self-terminating and its accepts messages for each insertion. Perhaps > you meant, "whatever, non-terminating process calling pqinsert must be > started by an ldmd.conf EXEC entry"? Start a script that never exits and uses pqinsert(1) in a loop. Alternatively, execute a program outside the LDM system that sends a SIGCONT to the process-group identified by the file "ldmd.pid" in the LDM user's home-directory. > Would it work if pqinsert is simply called by a process running as the > ldm user? See previous answer. > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Tom Jordan, MSCS > Software Engineering > Harris Corporation > Office: 321-309-7004, address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden> > Location: R5/J176 Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UCO-749182 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed