Re: [staf-users] systemd startup script for STAF on Linux?

2015-02-13 Thread Paul Ellsworth
I believe I cheated and used /etc/rc.d/rc.local ... have to chmod +x it first. |> | From: | |> >--| |"J. Scott Farrow"

Re: [staf-users] python error execution without terminating Job

2013-05-03 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Yes, you need to add a signalhandler to your STAX job definition. For example, here was mine: "STAXPythonEvaluationError\n\n%s" % STAXPythonEvalMsg "Try using methods like pprint.pprint (anObject) for printing out objects that you think should be here.\n

Re: [staf-users] Job hangs, cannot terminate

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Ellsworth
From: Sharon Lucas/Austin/IBM To:

[staf-users] Job hangs, cannot terminate

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Hello, Occasionally, our STAX server gets into a position where even if I tell it to terminate a job, the job ends up still running: | | |40 Info 20110819-12:01:11 Terminating block: main | |--

Re: [staf-users] Delete Registry Keys from the STAF command

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Ellsworth
ot; /f If you run on Windows 2000, some of the reg commands are slightly different. Also, you will probably have to escape the backslash char - at least I did - in your commands in STAX, if you're using STAX, e.g.: &#

Re: [staf-users] how to deal with command like top in STAX

2011-07-26 Thread Paul Ellsworth
mmand in the background, it returns the PID) or by getting it from a running process list. Paul Ellsworth IBM From: "Ba

Re: [staf-users] How to put a STAX job in a queue

2011-05-10 Thread Paul Ellsworth
The method we use to "queue" our on-build-ready testing is having a separate pool (using Resource Pools) of dedicated test machines for that purpose. The builds then have to request a machine from that pool. If another job is running on those machines, the new job will have to wait until a machi

Re: [staf-users] hung processes and timers

2011-02-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
aron Lucas/Austin/IBM To: Paul Ellsworth/Sa

Re: [staf-users] hung processes and timers

2011-02-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
machine anymore, but STAF/STAX is still waiting for it. From: Paul Ellsworth/San

[staf-users] hung processes and timers

2011-02-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
We use STAF/STAX for testing, so this particular problem is in a STAX test "server" -> STAF "client" situation. Occasionally, I get a hung process... what seems to happen is that the command returns, but for whatever reason, the STAX machine doesn't get the return. Normally, this wouldn't be to

Re: [staf-users] Cancelling a pending request to sem mutex

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Would the STAF ResPool service work instead? It allows you to cancel a waiting request... - Paul E. From: "Hernandez, Alejandro"

Re: [staf-users] As a service, stafproc.exe looking in C:\STAF instead of real installation directory

2010-04-21 Thread Paul Ellsworth
To: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus Cc: staf-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: 04/

[staf-users] As a service, stafproc.exe looking in C:\STAF instead of real installation directory

2010-04-21 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Hello, I encountered a machine, while installing STAF, that has Windows 2000 on E: ... so I installed STAF to E: as well. It installed fine, and if I simply run stafproc.exe, it starts fine. However, when going through the staf-as-a-windows-service instructions, a message pops up saying that S

Re: [staf-users] Python variable scope ... between jobs?

2010-03-05 Thread Paul Ellsworth
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Re: [staf-users] Python variable scope ... between jobs?

2010-03-05 Thread Paul Ellsworth
From: Sharon Lucas/Austin/IBM To: Joseph J Veilleux/Lexington/i...@ibmus Cc: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus

Re: [staf-users] Python variable scope ... between jobs?

2010-03-04 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Austin/IBM To: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus Cc: staf-users@lists.sourc

[staf-users] Python variable scope ... between jobs?

2010-03-04 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Hello, I sometimes have strange python (/jython... I will probably refer to it as python though...) variable issues - e.g., it values from one variable end up in another variable for whatever reason, or a class somehow gets messed up and Python complains that an instance of class X does not have

Re: [staf-users] Distributing STAF.cfg

2010-02-22 Thread Paul Ellsworth
infrastructure as well... so, for example, if we install Linux, we have the option of having the STAF installation script run as a post-install script. If you have an NFS share that's attached to all your network machines, it makes it much easier. :) At least on UNIX-type systems. Paul Ells

Re: [staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-02-03 Thread Paul Ellsworth
ough the process service though... Paul From: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/IBM To:

Re: [staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-02-03 Thread Paul Ellsworth
(trimmed history off) Hello, It looks like this issue is still happening. This time I did *not* reboot the system and it showed up. This is with staf 3.3.5 (fresh installation), and there were no tty errors. I haven't looked for java errors in any logs yet... The test was running along fine

Re: [staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-02-01 Thread Paul Ellsworth
From: David Bender/Austin/IBM To: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus

Re: [staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
ead: Error opening /dev/tty, errno: 6 Thanks, Paul E. From: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus To: Sharon Luca

Re: [staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Sharon Lucas/Austin/IBM To: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus Cc: staf

Re: [staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
, Thanks, Paul From: Sharon Lucas/Austin/IBM To: Paul Ellsworth/San

Re: [staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
n Lucas/Austin/IBM To: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus Cc: staf-users@lis

[staf-users] STAF running but does not return command output

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Ellsworth
This has happened both right after starting STAF as well as after it already has been working. It appears to mainly affect starting processes. STAF pinging it works. Here's an example of the failure: sjx64ycle:~ # staf local process start command "date" returnstdout wait Response { R

Re: [staf-users] Can not run expect using STAF automation

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Ellsworth
ne's login profile PATH env var but not in STAF's env var... - Paul Ellsworth From:

Re: [staf-users] Newest STAF (AIX 5.1) with xlC 5x

2009-10-12 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Austin/IBM To: Paul Ellsworth/San Jose/i...@ibmus Cc: staf-users@lists.sourc

[staf-users] Newest STAF (AIX 5.1) with xlC 5x

2009-10-09 Thread Paul Ellsworth
Hello, I was wondering if anyone (specifically the developers :) ) knew what the latest version of STAF is that suppots AIX 5.1 with xlC 5 still installed. STAF 2.6.2 works, but I was wondering when the switch occurred in the STAF builds. Thanks, Paul Ellsworth

Re: [staf-users] Who uses STAF/STAX?

2009-10-08 Thread Paul Ellsworth
We use STAF/STAX to automate testing of data migration products and to monitor machine status. It has worked well for tests that involve running a sequence of commands and waiting for/validating the output and results. Paul Ellsworth Software Engineer, IBM