Now I,m confused It seems to work fine now (perhaps I need some more meds) I do have a later version /net/imageserver/install/pca/bin/pca -v pca 20081218-01
Thanks for taking a look anyway but it looks like a PEBKAC on my part Thanks Peter 2009/1/23 Martin Paul <mar...@par.univie.ac.at> > Hi Peter, > > ERROR: Can't write >> /net/imageserver/install/pca/patch/patches/.pcaLock.download.119725-06 >> (Read-only file system) >> >> echo $? >> 0 >> ... >> Shouldn't this set the return status to a non zero value. >> > > Yes. Can you check the pca version you are using? I've added useful exit > status codes pretty late, but in pca 20081024-01 or later you should get > $?==1 in this case. "pca --man" has a section on "EXIT STATUS" as well. > > Martin. > >