run unix commands with C# Question

[zw]

Hi

I have 2 unix boxes.
In each box, I have a unix shell script that captures certain
statistics to a file of the unix box. During the run of the 2 shell
scripts, I need a common timestamp for both.
I'm thinking of writing a C# app to issue commands every few mins to
these shell scripts and capture the statistics back to a file in a
Windows folder. The C# app will provide the common timestamp for the
statistics retrieved from the unix boxes.
After the run is complete, I need to process these 2 files and graph
them on a web browser.

I like to hear from you all what's the best method to accomplish this.
Even better, if one could provide a simple sample to accomplish this.
I have .NET 2.0 on the Windows laptop to work with.


Advanced thanks.
Appreciate any help.

[Mufaka]

Re: run unix commands with C# Question

Are you looking for a way to call these scripts from C#? If so, you may
be able to spawn a process for Plink and capture the output.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/.../Chapter7.html (docs)

zw wrote:

Hi
>
I have 2 unix boxes.
In each box, I have a unix shell script that captures certain
statistics to a file of the unix box. During the run of the 2 shell
scripts, I need a common timestamp for both.
I'm thinking of writing a C# app to issue commands every few mins to
these shell scripts and capture the statistics back to a file in a
Windows folder. The C# app will provide the common timestamp for the
statistics retrieved from the unix boxes.
After the run is complete, I need to process these 2 files and graph
them on a web browser.
>
I like to hear from you all what's the best method to accomplish this.
Even better, if one could provide a simple sample to accomplish this.
I have .NET 2.0 on the Windows laptop to work with.
>
>
Advanced thanks.
Appreciate any help.

[christery@gmail.com]

Re: run unix commands with C# Question

On 22 Feb, 08:50, zw <MPC8...@gmail. comwrote:

Hi
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scripts, I need a common timestamp for both.
I'm thinking of writing a C# app to issue commands every few mins to

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So running the puters clock with NTP and the clock will be right is
not a solution to timestamping at the origin of the data? thereby you
can buffer if the connection is broken and so on.
Then ftp or nfs, samba or whatewer to retreive datafiles, just the
problem with race conditions, I usually rename x.x to x.y and then
download, and then delete x.y - the other program will create a new
x.x if there is none to be appended too, this gives buffering and lets
me stop the consumer without loosing data.

//CY