Re: expect - sometimes it runs sometimes it doesn't....

What about sandard error? Anything show up there?

John McKee

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:58 PM, DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am utilizing expect on several different servers. On one of them we need
to sftp two small files up to a service periodically through the day. When
I run the shell script in QSH it will run perfectly. Then I run it again
and it does absolutely nothing. It may be many minutes before it will run
again. Signing off and back on doesn't consistently fix it either. When
submitted to batch it's the same, it may run and may not.

I am redirecting standard output to a log file (> 'output.log') and when
it runs correctly everything is in it. When it does not run the file is
correctly time stamped but is empty (0 bytes). Even when it's not logging
it may fail, in that case if it's interactive QSH simply returns to the '$'
prompt.

IBM i 7.1 with reasonably current PTFs and the latest version of expect
from ScottKlement.com.

Thoughts??


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