pttest[oa]

Description

pttesta executes test (1) on specifies machines and has an exit value which is the logical AND of the test results.

pttest is a symbolic link to pttesto.

Command Line Arguments

pttest[ao] [-all|-m <machine_file>|-M <machine_list>] <arguments to test>

-m <machine_file>

Specify a file with a list of destination machines. It is incorrect to use this with the -M option. This option must preceed all others.

-M <machine_list>

Specify a list of destination machines. The entire list must be surrounded by quotes. It is incorrect to use this with the -m option. This option must preceed all others.

<arguments to test>

the arguments to pass to test

Environment Variables

PT_MACHINE_FILE

If PT_MACHINE_FILE is set, the command will attempt to open the file whose name is stored in PT_MACHINE_FILE. This will be used if neither the -m or -M options are given.

Examples

To test for the existence of the file /home/johndoe/myfile on the machines specified in the file "destination_machines" use

pttest -m destination_machines -f /home/johndoe/myfile

If /home/johndoe/myfile is missing on any node, pttest will have an exit code of 1.

To do the same test, specifying machines on the command line, use

pttest -M "host1 host2 host3" -f /home/johndoe/myfile

To test on similarly named hosts as in the previous example, an abbreviation can be used

pttest -M "host%d@1-3" -f /home/johndoe/myfile

where the %d is replaced by the numbers 1-3 when the test is performed.

See Also

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