Re: {bb} External scripts not running.

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 14:32 +0000, Doug wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I've recently installed a new BB server in a new directory, with
> exactly the same files as were in the previous install. This wa
> because the original dir was mounted from another system and it was
> causing us problems.
> 
> Anyhoo, all the external script on that box now do not run. They are
> all defined in BBEXT, as they were before, but only go green when I
> run them manually. They obviously just go purple after a short time
> has passed normally. I've changed one of the scripts to dump
> the$STATUS message in BBOUT instead of actually sending the message,
> and as expected it isn't doing anything.
> 
> The installs are the same, but obviously something differs. I'd
> appreciate any pointers so that I can get the scripts working.

Probably the first thing to check is that BB is actually trying to
start the scripts. There should be lines like:

  Starting external scripts
          Starting external script myextscript.sh

at the beginning of BBOUT to show the external scripts that BB is
attempting to start.

Cheers, Phil.



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