Thread: Problem passing * as part of an Symexec command

Due to programming bugs, a ton of core files were generated under the work directory on my compute host.

Seeing how Symexec can execute commands on remote hosts, I tried to do a quick "remote delete".

But the command returned error:

comg@springfield-47: symexec run "/bin/rm /install/symphonyDE/work/core.*"
Successfully created a new session. Session ID: <206>.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Task ID: 1
Error Type: SoamException
Error Code: 32078
Error Message: Domain <Application>: Application <symexec4.0>. Task <1> in session <206> failed. <Method name="Invoke"> is configured to fail on success with control code <2> in the application profile: <Return ...> element set to actionOnWorkload=fail.

I guess problem was caused by the "*" character, because it works fine without it:

comg@springfield-48: symexec run "/bin/rm /install/symphonyDE/work/core.14332"
Successfully created a new session. Session ID: <207>.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Task ID: 1
Exit Code: 0
SUCCESS

Any ideas?

the commond you submitted to symexec is directly executed through OS API exec() rather than a shell

* is a shell function: when you type "rm *" in a shell, which supports wildcard, it's the shell replaces * to file list

If you need this function, you can run your rm under a shell:
symexec run "/bin/sh -c '/bin/rm /install/symphonyDE/work/core.*'"

Originally Posted by Zheng

the commond you submitted to symexec is directly executed through OS API exec() rather than a shell

* is a shell function: when you type "rm *" in a shell, which supports wildcard, it's the shell replaces * to file list

If you need this function, you can run your rm under a shell:
symexec run "/bin/sh -c '/bin/rm /install/symphonyDE/work/core.*'"

Good answer Zheng.

Another solution would be to deploy a "maintenance" script onto the compute host and just have Symexec execute the script.

Thanks Guys~ Works now

comg@springfield-61: symexec run "/bin/sh -c '/bin/rm /install/symphonyDE/work/core.*'"
Successfully created a new session. Session ID: <209>.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Task ID: 1
Exit Code: 0
SUCCESS