On: Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 08:55:59 CST
In: Message-Id: <9301061455.AA05313@sol.acs.uwosh.edu>
I wrote:
Hello,
I am doing an rdump and it fails. Below is the
output from my dump. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance. I`ll post a summary ASAP.
Erik
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Jan 6 08:50:01 1993
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to /dev/nrst8 on host zeus
DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: estimated 8232 blocks (4.02MB) on 0.00 tape(s).
DUMP: Protocol to remote tape server botched (in rmtgets).
rdump: Lost connection to remote host.
DUMP: Bad return code from dump: 1
Many users responded and the problem was quickly solved. I had been
sending output to stdout (or stderr I believe) which causes rdump
to choke when it is being run. It isn't expecting any output.
For instance, an echo statement in the .cshrc will cause a remote dump
to lose its connection. I assume that this means that various things
will choke when run remotely vis a' vis rsh.
Hence, I would suggest the line( or something like it ):
csh: if ( ! $?USERS || ! $?PROMPT ) exit
English: if the variable USERS or PROMPT are NOT set
then EXIT.
at the beginning of .cshrc files. This will ensure that if the session/
shell is a remotely run command, the .cshrc will terminate before it sends
anything to stdout or stderr.
Any further information/corrections about this issue can be forwarded to
me and I will gladly update my summary.
Thank you to all those who help:
Tom Conroy <trc@NSD.3Com.COM>
Fuat Baran <fuat@ans.net>
mgh@bihobl2.bih.harvard.edu (Michael G. Harrington)
tommy@boole.att.com
Tom Reingold <boole.att.com!tommy>
Daniel Quinlan <danq@lemond.Colorado.EDU>
mp@allegra.att.com (Mark Plotnick)
Ake.Sandgren@cs.umu.se (]ke Sandgren)
steve@avalon.dartmouth.edu (Steve Campbell)
justice@dao.nrc.ca (Gerald Justice)
"Marc P. Rinfret" <Marc.Rinfret@eng.canadair.ca>
Geert Jan de Groot <geertj@ica.philips.nl>
rickn@copley.com (Richard J. Niziak)
ahughes@arch386.hyperdesk.com (Arch Hughes)
Ted Rodriguez-Bell <ted@ssl.Berkeley.EDU>
tietje@nynexst.com (Ralph Tietje)
matthew@cs.adelaide.edu.au (Matthew Donaldson)
Adrian Booth <abcc@dialix.oz.au>
Mike Raffety <miker@il.us.swissbank.com>
Perry_Hutchison.Portland@xerox.com
rminnich@metropolis.super.org (Ronald G Minnich)
higgins@math.niu.edu
"Patrick M. Landry" <pml@cacs.usl.edu>
gdonl@ssi1.com (Don Lewis)
micky@ejv.com (Micky Liu)
tesquina@ida.org (Thomas Esquina)
pluta@cgc9.eda.mke.ab.com (Rick Pluta)
Margaret Mikulska <mikulska@crux.Princeton.EDU>
trdlnk!mike@uunet.UU.NET (Michael Sullivan)
dowjone!jcsadmin!jc@uunet.UU.NET (John Ciesla)
cyrix!vixen!brian@texsun.Central.Sun.COM (Brian Holgate)
ups!basil!pauline@fourx.Aus.Sun.COM (Pauline van Winsen)
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