Hi all,
I have developed a shell-script to monitor license usage. (didn't use "Closeidle" as I need to control things at server level). Also, due to our old porting set, had limited options!
The script does the following:
1. Take snap-shot of all bshell processes
2. Remove any obsolete bshell.<PID> files
3. use bshcmd6.1 to identify BaaN objects being run by each user in turn
4. append to a file any "idle" logins (which compare to various templates I have created)
5. Kill -15 sleeping bshells from the aforementioned file (should the number of users reach a defined number)
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My problem.....
The output of bshcmd6.1 appends to a RUNNING bshell.<PID> file. Because I am looping the process to a master list, these files grow quite quickly. The Job Daemon bshell file gets VERY big.
I don't really want to stop/start the job-schedule if I can avoid it.
Is there a way of reducing the size of a running bshell file? (I have tried "> /{BSE}/tmp/bshell.<PID>" to a test login file, only to find that it is re-created by the logic server at the next poll.

Sorry if this is a bit boring but the script is really useful to me.

Hope someone can help.

Hi,

If you post your script, then there maybe someone who can help you. I personally hear about "bshell.<PID>" files for the first time. Many a funny critter seem to lurk in $BSE/tmp. :D

Is there a way to capture the message that the user gets when there are no more licenses available and send an email to a helpdesk?

THis would give information on when and how frequent this is happening without having to run some batch process.

On UNIX, why not put a monitoring script of the licenses (that could also do some cleaning up of unused ones) and that warns the helpdesk when the available ones reach zero?

Hello :)

my bshell.4272 file growed up to 35 GB and still growing...
How this file came out?? How can I control it?? And can I avoid to "eat" my space and let me without license??

Thank you very much!

Simona from Romania



Hi all,
I have developed a shell-script to monitor license usage. (didn't use "Closeidle" as I need to control things at server level). Also, due to our old porting set, had limited options!
The script does the following:
1. Take snap-shot of all bshell processes
2. Remove any obsolete bshell.<PID> files
3. use bshcmd6.1 to identify BaaN objects being run by each user in turn
4. append to a file any "idle" logins (which compare to various templates I have created)
5. Kill -15 sleeping bshells from the aforementioned file (should the number of users reach a defined number)
------------------------------------
My problem.....
The output of bshcmd6.1 appends to a RUNNING bshell.<PID> file. Because I am looping the process to a master list, these files grow quite quickly. The Job Daemon bshell file gets VERY big.
I don't really want to stop/start the job-schedule if I can avoid it.
Is there a way of reducing the size of a running bshell file? (I have tried "> /{BSE}/tmp/bshell.<PID>" to a test login file, only to find that it is re-created by the logic server at the next poll.

Sorry if this is a bit boring but the script is really useful to me.

Hope someone can help.