michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: # script to watch for cores during QA runs, so they won't overwrite one
michael@0: # another
michael@0: # Not activated for efficiency reasons, and problems on MKS, us
michael@0: # only when needed and remember to remove afterwards
michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: 
michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: # to activate put the following into all.sh (after the HOSTDIR 
michael@0: # has been exported
michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: # sh `dirname $0`/core_watch $HOSTDIR ${HOSTDIR} &    
michael@0: # CORE_WATCH_PID=$!
michael@0: # if [ -n "${KILLPIDS}" ]
michael@0: # then
michael@0: #     echo $CORE_WATCH_PID >>"${KILLPIDS}"            
michael@0: # fi
michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: 
michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: # or put the following into nssqa to watch the whole RESULTDIR
michael@0: # start it shortly before run_all
michael@0: #
michael@0: # NOTE: the more efficient way is above, this is potentially going
michael@0: # thru 1000ds of files every 30 seconds
michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: # sh `dirname $0`/core_watch $RESULTDIR &    
michael@0: # echo $! >>"${KILLPIDS}"        #so Exit() can hopefully kill the core_watch
michael@0: #############################################################
michael@0: 
michael@0: # in both cases remember to kill the process when done, since 
michael@0: # the PIDs that end up in ${KILLPIDS} might not work for all OS
michael@0: # something like "kill_by_name core_watch
michael@0: 
michael@0: echo $$ >>"${KILLPIDS}"     #so Exit() can hopefully kill this shell
michael@0: while [ 1 ]
michael@0: do
michael@0:     for w in `find $1 -name "core" -print`
michael@0:     do
michael@0:         echo "Found core $w"
michael@0:         mv $w $w.`date +%H%M%S`
michael@0:     done
michael@0:     sleep 30
michael@0: done
michael@0: