From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Wed Nov 06 2002 - 07:00:38 EST
I don't think that you can do this. $? isn't available through rsh/dsh.
You could write a simple script to run your command then echo the return
code.
Simon Green
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmu@OERAG.DE [mailto:fmu@OERAG.DE]
> Sent: 06 November 2002 11:33
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: rsh and return code
>
>
> Hi *,
> I want to start a command on a remote node (whith rsh
> or dsh) and
> want like to know afterwards the return code
>
> For example:
>
> rsh <nodename> "date ; echo $?"
>
> But I don't get the right return code. I test it with a wrong command:
>
> # dsh -w styx "datkdajfk ; echo $?"
> styx: 0
> styx: ksh: datkdajfk: not found
> (root:hermes)[/]
>
> # rsh styx "datkdajfk ; echo $?"
> 0
> ksh: datkdajfk: not found.
> (root:hermes)[/]
> #
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