Puppet users - May 2012 - Exec of process that doesn't terminate

Hi! 

I want to have an exec that launches a process on a Windows 7 system that 
will not terminate.

I have tried just calling the executable directly, but that obviously will 
not return anything, so the puppet agent waits until the timeout has 
elapsed, then the exec fails.

I''ve tried using a batch file to exec the process, but puppet picks up
the
child process and won''t mark the exec successful because the child
never
returns an exit code.

Any ideas on how I can force the puppet agent to just monitor any return of 
a parent launcher process and not worry about the subsequent child process?

Thanks!


-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Puppet Users" group.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/MTaEdaM20lAJ.
To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.

Hi Rob,

On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:02 AM, iceberg <rob.nolen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to have an exec that launches a process on a Windows 7 system that
> will not terminate.
>
> I have tried just calling the executable directly, but that obviously will
> not return anything, so the puppet agent waits until the timeout has
> elapsed, then the exec fails.
>
> I''ve tried using a batch file to exec the process, but puppet
picks up the
> child process and won''t mark the exec successful because the child
never
> returns an exit code.
>
> Any ideas on how I can force the puppet agent to just monitor any return
> of a parent launcher process and not worry about the subsequent child
> process?
>
> Thanks!
>
You probably want to do something like:

    cmd.exe /c start /b <command> [arg1] ...

You may or may not need the /b depending on whether you are trying to
launch a console or gui application.

Josh

-- 
Josh Cooper
Developer, Puppet Labs

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Puppet Users" group.
To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.