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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Fail Parent Script if any of the child fails Post 302998974 by Don Cragun on Saturday 10th of June 2017 02:49:41 PM
Old 06-10-2017
Note also that your FAILED notice in:
Code:
for pid in $pids; do
    wait $pid
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "SUCCESS - Job $pid exited with a status of $?"
    else
        echo "FAILED - Job $pid exited with a status of $?"
        exit_counter=`expr "$exit_counter" + 1 `
        echo "EXIT COUNTER : $exit_counter"
    fi
done

is attributing the exit status of the test command to the job on which you're reporting instead of the exit status of the job. You probably want something more like:
Code:
for pid in $pids; do
    wait $pid
    status=$?
    if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "SUCCESS - Job $pid exited with a status of 0"
    else
        echo "FAILED - Job $pid exited with a status of $status"
        exit_counter=`expr "$exit_counter" + 1 `
        echo "EXIT COUNTER : $exit_counter"
    fi
done

but, of course, that doesn't get around the problem of wait $pid hanging forever if the job it is waiting for is hung waiting for input or has entered an infinite loop.
 

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LEARN ABOUT HPUX

create_child

create child(1m)														  create child(1m)

NAME

       create child - Creates a child pointer at the master replica of the parent directory

SYNOPSIS

       cdscp create child child-name clearinghouse clearinghouse-name

ARGUMENTS

       The full name of the child pointer.  The full name of a clearinghouse that contains a replica of the child directory.

DESCRIPTION

       The create child command creates a child pointer at the master replica of the parent directory.	When CDS looks up a name in the namespace,
       it uses child pointers to locate directory replicas.  Use the set cdscp preferred clearinghouse command	before	issuing  this  command	to
       ensure that the request is directed to the master replica.

   Privilege Required
       You must have insert permission to the parent directory.

NOTES

       Use  the  create  child	command  only  to  re-create a child pointer that is accidentally deleted. This command is designed only for trou-
       bleshooting.

       This command will fail if the associated directory does not exist.  If the associated directory exists, this command will  return  success-
       fully.

       This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.

EXAMPLE

       The  following  command	creates the child pointer in the parent directory /.:/subsys.  It uses the replica located at the /.:/subsys/NY_CH
       clearinghouse to fill in its replica set.

       cdscp> create child /.:/subsys clearinghouse /.:/subsys/NY_CH

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands: delete child(1m), list child(1m), show child(1m)

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