On May 25, 2006, at 5:58 AM, goc wrote:

thanks Rich :-)
questions :

1. how to make sure that /usr is mounted by the time to execute ?
i'm 99%
sure it is :-)

On a Unix system, you can usually have a shell script do like:
   mount | grep /usr/local/bin
and test the return code.
(It's awkward to do anything in Bourne or Bash shell: use Perl whenever
possible.)
Another technique to test for a mounted file system:  Inode number 2 is
always the root directory of a file system...its top level.  So, if you
do 'ls -id /usr/local/bin' and that reports inode number 2, then it's
mounted; else it's a much higher inode number, such that the thing is
an unoccupied mount point directory.

2. oh yeah ... full paths rox !
3. this is something new to me i must admit :-S >>>> "Assure that your
options files are resulting in each dsmcad having its own, unique port
number." ???

can you point me in right direction ?

Well, you intend to start multiple CAD processes, right?  They have to
listen on a communications socket, which means a port number.  They
can't
use the same port number - each has to be unique.  Which is why you are
presumably using multiple options files.
Search on 'dsmcad' in the Unix client manual, and see IBM Technote
1079454.

   Richard Sims    http://people.bu.edu/rbs