Thanks for responding.
But how do I make a conditional infinite loop with it ?
Is there an Ant task for infinite loop ?
ie
while (1)
{
sshexec_check_remote_process_on_remote_host
if (remote_process == dead)
break;
else
sleep 10 mins
}
On Feb 5, 2008 3:39 PM, Charbel BITAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As you said use the <sshexec> task.
> Here's an example :
> ...
> <property name="sshexec.host" value="" />
> <property name="sshexec.username" value="" />
> <property name="sshexec.password" value="" />
> <property name="sshexec.trust" value="" />
> <property name="sshexec.failonerror" value="" />
> <property name="sshexec.timeout" value="" />
> <property name="sshexec.command" value='ps -ef | cut -d" " -f5 | grep
> 11875'
> />
> ...
> <target name="sshexec" description="SSHExec">
> <sshexec host="${sshexec.host}" username="${sshexec.username}"
> password="${
> sshexec.password}" trust="${sshexec.trust}" failonerror="${
> sshexec.failonerror}" timeout="${sshexec.timeout}" command="${
> sshexec.command}" outputproperty="sshexec.outputproperty" />
> ...Use a condition to check that ${sshexec.outputproperty} !equals the
> empty
> string...
> </target>
> ...
>
> HTH
> --
> Charbel
>
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2008 11:24 PM, Z W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have an ant script that needs to check the status of a process running
> > on
> > a remote machine and if the
> > process has stopped running, I like the Ant script the ability to know
> > that
> > and move on to the next step in Ant script.
> > Could someone here give a simple example on how to implement that ?
> > I have some idea of using sleep to periodically check for a remote
> process
> > but
> > is there an Ant task or a workaround that I could implement to check the
> > process using ps ?
> > I'm not sure sshexec could help me with that.
> >
> > Thank you all for your helpful tips and comments
> >
>
