[HTCondor-users] Any tricks for simple startd cron jobs?

[Michael V Pelletier <Michael.V.Pelletier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So I'd like to run some simple probes using
startd_cron, for example a pgrep to make sure that the automounter is running.
I'm trying to do it using only the startd_cron executable and args with
inline commands, but I must be missing a nuance somewhere with respect
to how the arguments list is parsed out. I'd like to be able to avoid having
a separate shell script to generate the output which the startd is to incorporate,
so that everything can be self-contained in the config.

I'm trying:

STARTD_CRON_DUMMY_EXECUTABLE = /bin/echo
STARTD_CRON_DUMMY_ARGS = DummyAttribute=123

But this doesn't seem to do the trick.
And fancier stuff like "AutomountPid=$(/usr/bin/pgrep automount)"
- forget about it. Perhaps I need to invoke the shell explicitly with a
-c? But then argument grouping becomes an issue.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

	Michael V. Pelletier IT Program Execution Principal Engineer 978.858.9681 (5-9681) 339.293.9149 cell michael.v.pelletier@xxxxxxxxxxxx