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wait4amd
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   A script to wait for Amd to start on a particular host before
performing an arbitrary command.  The command is executed repeatedly,
with 1 second intervals in between.  You may interrupt the script using
`^C' (or whatever keyboard sequence your terminal's `intr' function is
bound to).

   Examples:

wait4amd saturn amq -p -h saturn
     When Amd is up on host `saturn', get the process ID of that
     running Amd.

wait4amd pluto rlogin pluto
     Remote login to host `pluto' when Amd is up on that host.  It is
     generally necessary to wait for Amd to properly start and
     initialize on a remote host before logging in to it, because
     otherwise user home directories may not be accessible across the
     network.

wait4amd pluto
     A short-hand version of the previous command, since the most useful
     reason for this script is to login to a remote host.  I use it very
     often when testing out new versions of Amd, and need to reboot hung
     hosts.