Hi Rob,
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:02 AM, iceberg <rob.no...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to have an exec that launches a process on a Windows 7 system that
> will not terminate.
>
> I have tried just calling the executable directly, but that obviously will
> not return anything, so the puppet agent waits until the timeout has
> elapsed, then the exec fails.
>
> I've tried using a batch file to exec the process, but puppet picks up the
> child process and won't mark the exec successful because the child never
> returns an exit code.
>
> Any ideas on how I can force the puppet agent to just monitor any return
> of a parent launcher process and not worry about the subsequent child
> process?
>
> Thanks!
>
You probably want to do something like:
cmd.exe /c start /b <command> [arg1] ...
You may or may not need the /b depending on whether you are trying to
launch a console or gui application.
Josh
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Developer, Puppet Labs
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