I can give you a lot of examples/scripts where this is working alright, under 5.0
and 5.5(4).

There is currently only one problem by using temporarily files: they will not be
refreshed in 5.5 so that a rm is highly recommended.

Another problem: pipes on Multiprocessor systems. Sometimes this may cause
a System Abort (we encountered one so that I was asked by mgmt to change this
appropriate ...)

Best regards, Andreas Schmidt, CSC, Germany






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Subject:  CALLCI Problems in POSIX




I remember reading about problems with using callci from the POSIX shell.  Does
anyone know if this can be fixed?  We get errors occasionally when we use it.  In
my investigation I have found that CALLCI actually runs the MPE command and
redirects the output to a file so that it can then be displayed in POSIX to
STDOUT.  Well when it attempts to redirect the output sometimes it generates an
illegal MPE filename (> 8 characters).  Another odd wrinkle to the problem is that
this problem will go away for a few months if we shut the 3000 down and restart.
We are using 5.5 Express 3 (I believe)
Any insite into this matter would be appreciated.  We are using the HTTPD
webserver and this problem breaks our scripts - when it starts happening.
Paul Ackley
United McGill Corp.