Re: [Smslink-users] SMSlink question...

[Philippe A. <pa...@ib...>]

Hello Todd,

Todd M. H=E9bert wrote:
> Hello, I am using smslink.. and it reports to be:
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> SMS-Link for Linux, ver 0.56b (11/05/04)
OK.

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> I have queuing setup, and it's working..with one very serious caveat.
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> If the sms_serv program is started while there are messages queued up
> waiting to be sent, it will send them fine... but then it will not
> send anything else.
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> I keep getting this in my logs: <DATE-TIME> <server> sms_serv[<PID>]:
> OUTBOX check canceled, <1> child procs already.
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> If I start the server with nothing in the queue, I get this in the
> logs:
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> <DATE-TIME> <server> sms_serv[<C-PID>]: initiating OUTBOX check.=20
> <DATE-TIME> <server> sms_serv[<C-PID>]: FILE outbox check begins.=20
> <DATE-TIME> <server> sms_serv[<C-PID>]: FILE outbox check: <0> queue
> file(s) processed. <DATE-TIME> <server> sms_serv[<C-PID>]: FILE
> outbox check: finished. <DATE-TIME> <server> sms_serv[<PID>]: OUTBOX
> check canceled, <1> child procs already.
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> ( PID =3D parent thread PID, C-PID =3D Child thread PID.)
Known bug! Please upgrade to ver. 0.56b-4, available here as a pre-release:

<http://smslink.sourceforge.net/archive/devel/>

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> According to the online documentation, sms_serv should be
> automatically generating a PID file: /var/run/sms_serv.pid
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> This file is not being auto-generated by sms_serv.
Known bug, please upgrade to 0.56b-4 ;-) (actually fixed in 0.56b-2).

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> I have tried modifying the init script so that it creates & destroys
> the PID file as appropriate.. and I have checked, the PID being
> stored in the file is correct.
New init scripts are already provided in 0.56b-4 for SuSE and RHAT

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> I am guessing that sms_serv uses it's PID in order to determine if
> there are "child procs already"
No it doesn't. The child list is cleaned by the father when it receives
a SIGCHLD.

HTH

Cheers. Bye.

Ph. A.

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*Philippe Andersson*
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