[ldm-users] Feature request for LDM

[Gerry Creager]

Steve Emmerson wrote:
> Hi Gilbert,
> 
> Is it insufficient, inconvenient, or just hard to remember to execute 
> the command
> 
>      pqact -vl - -q /dev/null pathname
> 
> when you modify file "pathname"?

Hard to remember.  I have resorted to the LDM equivalent of the 3-finger 
salute:  "ldmadmin restart" most of the time.  My fingers remember that 
even if I don't.

> I could modify the file "ldmadmin-pl.conf" to create a variable that 
> contained the pathnames of all the "pqact" configuration-files.  The 
> components of this variable could then be checked by the "ldmadmin 
> pqactcheck" command.  The problem is that there is no guarantee that the 
> variable will contain all the files.
> 
> I think a better solution would be for the ldmadmin script to extract 
> the pathnames of the "pqact" configuration-files from the LDM 
> configuration-file.  I'll think about it.

Personally, I think your better solution is a better solution.  Consider 
this encouragement.

How was the bagpipe contest?

gerry

> Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> You know how you can do an ldmadmin pqactHUP and it re-reads all the pqact
>> files that are active? Well...
>>
>> Can we do an ldmadmin pqactcheck do the same thing? It would make life 
>> easier for those running multiple pqact files, like me...
>>
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