Re: cygwin shell scripting - how to pass values from command line to ssh remote command

["Matt Wozniski" <godlygeek at gmail dot com>]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
> Thorsten Kampe wrote on 14 October 2008 21:11:
>
>> * Z W (Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:59:07 -0700)
>>> I'm have a shell script, test.sh below to run with cygwin in a Windows
>>> box.
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/sh
>>>
>>> ssh qa@load01 'export MAX_MS=100; export OFFSET_MS=89900; export
>>> THREADS=4; export RAMP=1; export LOOPS=2; echo load01 ; cd
>>> /cygdrive/c/apps/bin ; pwd ; nohup ./start.sh  \& ; ps -efW | grep
>>> java ; exit '
>>
>> That's not a shell script - it's just a single command.
>
>  Uh, it's a shell script *containing* a single ssh command.  Note the
> shebang.  Also note the mention of the filename "test.sh", which is not to be
> confused with the script "start.sh" on the remote machine.

I'm with you here...

>> The multiple export statements are superfluous.
>
>  Surely not, if you want the definitions to be visible in the sub-shell that
> executes "start.sh"?

I think Thorsten meant that a single "export" with multiple var=val
pairs would have sufficed here.

>> The "cd" looks superfluous, too.
>
>  Surely not, unless /cygdrive/c/apps/bin is the qa user's home dir?

Definitely not superfluous, since ./start.sh is in that dir..

>>  Also the "pwd".
>
>  Surely not, if it's a bit of debugging trace that lets ZW know that the
> directory exists and so the cd command succeeded and there must be something
> else wrong if the script doesn't execute?

Yep.

>> Also the "exit".
>
>  Ok, I'm with you there :-)  But I still think one of us needs more coffee...

Yep Yep.

~Matt

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