Hi Anders, I actually tried that already. I thought it'd be the shell way of solving it also, but it doesn't help any. It just sits there running the first one. However, when I quit the perl script, the s@h client is still running, and I don't want that. :)
Thanks for the suggestion though, Tyler On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 11:14, Anders Holm wrote: > Maybe your looking to start them in the background using & at the end of > your command like such: > > `cd $setiathome1_dir; ./setiathome -proxy 192.168.1.3:5517 &`; > > and > > `cd $setiathome2_dir; ./setiathome -proxy 192.168.1.3:5517 &`; > > , since I think that the first sub you have is waiting for the command to > finish before running the second one. > Not sure if this is the Perl way of solving this, bit it's the shell way of > doing it so... > > PPL: Let me know if there is a better way to do this one.... ;) I.e. a Perl > way.. ;) > > Best Regards > > Anders Holm > Critical Path Technical Support Engineer > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tel USA/Canada: 1 800 353 8437 > Tel Worldwide: +1 801 736 0806 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: http://support.cp.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tyler Longren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18 June 2002 17:08 > To: Perl List > Subject: Moving on.... > > > Hello, > > I have an smp machine that I want to run two instances of setiathome > on. I have two s@h directories (/root/.setiathome and > /root/.setiathome2). I wrote this to run both of them at the same time > right from one script. If I use the -a flag to run both of them, it > never moves on to start the setiathome in $setiathome2_dir. > > How can I make it so both s@h clients get started? > > ----Begin Code---- > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use strict; > use Getopt::Std; > getopts("12a", \my %options); > sub usage { > print "Usage: ./seti.pl [-1] [-2] [-a] > -1 : Start the first directory of setiathome > -2 : Start the second directory of setiathome > -a : Start both setiathome clients\n\n"; > } > my $setiathome1_dir = "/root/.setiathome/"; > my $setiathome2_dir = "/root/.setiathome2/"; > sub setiathome1 { > `cd $setiathome1_dir; ./setiathome -proxy 192.168.1.3:5517`; > } > > sub setiathome2 { > `cd $setiathome2_dir; ./setiathome -proxy 192.168.1.3:5517`; > } > > if (defined $options{1}) { > setiathome1; > exit; > } > elsif (defined $options{2}) { > setiathome2; > exit; > } > elsif (defined $options{a}) { > setiathome1; > setiathome2; > exit; > } > else { > usage; > exit; > } > -----End Code---- > > If a better explanation is desired, e-mail me directly. > > Thanks, > -- > Tyler Longren > Captain Jack Communications > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.captainjack.com > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
