[Bioclusters] Re : Problem starting sge_schedd in Startupitems in OS X

[Rayson Ho]

Yes, with " a.out > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null" in the startupitem, the
reduced code seems to work now.

May be I will try with SGE and see if there are issues remaining...

Thanks Tim :)

Rayson



--- Tim Cutts <tjrc at sanger.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> On 25 Apr 2005, at 9:35 pm, Rayson Ho wrote:
> 
> > Then what does your StartupItems script look like??
> 
> Aha - sorry, I misunderstood you.  Yes, it looks like Startup scripts
> 
> execute with closed STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR file handles.  It also
> has 
> a frankly bizarre umask.  Look at the permissions on the created
> file:
> 
> -r-s--s---  1 root  wheel  31 26 Apr 09:28 /tmp/log.txt*
> 
> I used the following Startup Items script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # startup script for service anacron, created by daemonic
> 
> . /etc/rc.common
> 
> case "$1" in
>    start)
> 
>      ConsoleMessage "Starting Rayson Tester"
> 
>      /Users/tim/t
> 
>      ;;
> esac
> 
> exit 0
> 
> And the following property list (nicked from daemonic-anacron):
> 
> {
>    Description = "rayson-test";
>    Provides = ("rayson-test");
>    Requires = ("Resolver");
>    OrderPreference = "None";
>    Messages =
>    {
>      start = "Starting Rayson Tester";
>      stop = "Stopping Rayson Tester";
>      restart = "Restarting Rayson Tester";
>    };
> }
> 
> OK, I know it doesn't actually require a Resolver, but that doesn't 
> affect the test.
> 
> The problem can be 'fixed' by reopening the three standard files from
> 
> /dev/null at some point in the script before the startup command:
> 
> exec > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null
> 
> At least anything that depends on the file handle existing won't fall
> 
> on its arse.
> 
> Tim
> 
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