Scott,

I have no experience with that condition.  My gut tells me you are
experiencing some sort of socket problem occasionally.  I wonder if the
command ends abnormally if it leaves a socket open that has to timeout.
Until it does, all new commands hang waiting to connect to that socket.

Kind regards,
Stephen Hochstetler              shochste AT us.ibm DOT com
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