# Revision 1.38 1998/03/23 14:03:55 ftplinux
# In an upload failure message, say explicitly that the job will be
# retried, to avoid confusion of users.
-# $failure_file was put on @keep_list only for first retry.
+# $failure_file was put on @keep_list only for first retry.
# If the daemon removes a .changes, set SGID bit on all files associated
# with it, so that the test for Debian files without a .changes doesn't
# find them.
$junk = @conf::nonus_packages;
$junk = @conf::test_binaries;
$junk = @conf::maintainer_mail;
+$junk = @conf::targetdir_delayed;
$junk = $conf::mail ||= '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
$conf::target = "localhost" if $conf::upload_method eq "copy";
package main;
}
# test for another instance of the queued already running
-my $pid;
+my ($pid, $delayed_dirs, $adelayedcore);
if (open( PIDFILE, "<$conf::pidfile" )) {
chomp( $pid = <PIDFILE> );
close( PIDFILE );
unlink( "$conf::incoming/core" );
print "(Removed core file)\n";
}
+ for ($delayed_dirs = 0; $delayed_dirs <= $conf::max_delayed;
+ $delayed_dirs++) {
+ $adelayedcore = sprintf( "$conf::incoming_delayed/core",
+ $delayed_dirs );
+ if (-e $adelayedcore) {
+ unlink( $adelayedcore );
+ print "(Removed core file)\n";
+ }
+ }
exit 0 if $main::arg eq "kill";
}
else {
die "No keyrings\n" if ! @conf::keyrings;
}
+die "statusfile path must be absolute."
+ if $conf::statusfile !~ m,^/,;
+die "upload and target queue paths must be absolute."
+ if $conf::incoming !~ m,^/, ||
+ $conf::incoming_delayed !~ m,^/, ||
+ $conf::targetdir !~ m,^/, ||
+ $conf::targetdir_delayed !~ m,^/,;
+
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# initializations
# the mainloop
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# default to classical incoming/target
+$main::current_incoming = $conf::incoming;
+$main::current_targetdir = $conf::targetdir;
+
$main::dstat = "i";
write_status_file() if $conf::statusdelay;
while( 1 ) {
# ping target only if there is the possibility that we'll contact it (but
# also don't wait too long).
my @have_changes = <*.changes *.commands>;
+ for ( my $delayed_dirs = 0; $delayed_dirs <= $conf::max_delayed;
+ $delayed_dirs++) {
+ my $adelayeddir = sprintf( "$conf::incoming_delayed",
+ $delayed_dirs );
+ push( @have_changes,
+ <$adelayeddir/*.changes $adelayeddir/*.commands> );
+ }
check_alive() if @have_changes || (time - $main::last_ping_time) > 8*60*60;
if (@have_changes && $main::target_up) {
# main function for checking the incoming dir
#
sub check_dir() {
- my( @files, @changes, @keep_files, @this_keep_files, @stats, $file );
+ my( @files, @changes, @keep_files, @this_keep_files, @stats, $file ,
+ $adelay );
debug( "starting checkdir" );
$main::dstat = "c";
msg( "log", "binary test failed for $_; delaying queue run\n");
goto end_run;
}
+
+ for ( $adelay=-1; $adelay <= $conf::max_delayed; $adelay++ ) {
+ if ( $adelay == -1 ) {
+ $main::current_incoming = $conf::incoming;
+ $main::current_incoming_short = "";
+ $main::current_targetdir = $conf::targetdir;
+ }
+ else {
+ $main::current_incoming = sprintf( $conf::incoming_delayed,
+ $adelay );
+ $main::current_incoming_short = sprintf( "DELAYED/%d-day",
+ $adelay );
+ $main::current_targetdir = sprintf( $conf::targetdir_delayed,
+ $adelay );
+ }
+
+ # need to clear directory specific variables
+ undef ( @keep_files );
+ undef ( @this_keep_files );
+
+ chdir ( $main::current_incoming )
+ or (msg( "log",
+ "Cannot change to dir ".
+ "${main::current_incoming_short}: $!\n" ),
+ return);
- # look for *.commands files
- foreach $file ( <*.commands> ) {
- init_mail( $file );
- block_signals();
- process_commands( $file );
- unblock_signals();
- $main::dstat = "c";
- write_status_file() if $conf::statusdelay;
- finish_mail();
- }
+ # look for *.commands files
+ foreach $file ( <*.commands> ) {
+ init_mail( $file );
+ block_signals();
+ process_commands( $file );
+ unblock_signals();
+ $main::dstat = "c";
+ write_status_file() if $conf::statusdelay;
+ finish_mail();
+ }
- opendir( INC, "." )
- or (msg( "log", "Cannot open incoming dir $conf::incoming: $!\n" ),
- return);
- @files = readdir( INC );
- closedir( INC );
-
- # process all .changes files found
- @changes = grep /\.changes$/, @files;
- push( @keep_files, @changes ); # .changes files aren't stray
- foreach $file ( @changes ) {
- init_mail( $file );
- # wrap in an eval to allow jumpbacks to here with die in case
- # of errors
- block_signals();
- eval { process_changes( $file, @this_keep_files ); };
- unblock_signals();
- msg( "log,mail", $@ ) if $@;
- $main::dstat = "c";
- write_status_file() if $conf::statusdelay;
+ opendir( INC, "." )
+ or (msg( "log", "Cannot open dir ${main::current_incoming_short}: $!\n" ),
+ return);
+ @files = readdir( INC );
+ closedir( INC );
+
+ # process all .changes files found
+ @changes = grep /\.changes$/, @files;
+ push( @keep_files, @changes ); # .changes files aren't stray
+ foreach $file ( @changes ) {
+ init_mail( $file );
+ # wrap in an eval to allow jumpbacks to here with die in case
+ # of errors
+ block_signals();
+ eval { process_changes( $file, @this_keep_files ); };
+ unblock_signals();
+ msg( "log,mail", $@ ) if $@;
+ $main::dstat = "c";
+ write_status_file() if $conf::statusdelay;
- # files which are ok in conjunction with this .changes
- debug( "$file tells to keep @this_keep_files" );
- push( @keep_files, @this_keep_files );
- finish_mail();
+ # files which are ok in conjunction with this .changes
+ debug( "$file tells to keep @this_keep_files" );
+ push( @keep_files, @this_keep_files );
+ finish_mail();
- # break out of this loop if the incoming dir has become unwritable
- goto end_run if !$main::incoming_writable;
- }
- ftp_close() if $conf::upload_method eq "ftp";
+ # break out of this loop if the incoming dir has become unwritable
+ goto end_run if !$main::incoming_writable;
+ }
+ ftp_close() if $conf::upload_method eq "ftp";
- # find files which aren't related to any .changes
- foreach $file ( @files ) {
- # filter out files we never want to delete
- next if ! -f $file || # may have disappeared in the meantime
+ # find files which aren't related to any .changes
+ foreach $file ( @files ) {
+ # filter out files we never want to delete
+ next if ! -f $file || # may have disappeared in the meantime
$file eq "." || $file eq ".." ||
(grep { $_ eq $file } @keep_files) ||
$file =~ /$conf::keep_files/;
- # Delete such files if they're older than
- # $stray_remove_timeout; they could be part of an
- # yet-incomplete upload, with the .changes still missing.
- # Cannot send any notification, since owner unknown.
- next if !(@stats = stat( $file ));
- my $age = time - $stats[ST_MTIME];
- my( $maint, $pattern, @job_files );
- if ($file =~ /^junk-for-writable-test/ ||
- $file !~ m,$conf::valid_files, ||
- $age >= $conf::stray_remove_timeout) {
- msg( "log", "Deleted stray file $file\n" ) if rm( $file );
- }
- elsif ($age > $conf::no_changes_timeout &&
- is_debian_file( $file ) &&
- # not already reported
- !($stats[ST_MODE] & S_ISGID) &&
- ($pattern = debian_file_stem( $file )) &&
- (@job_files = glob($pattern)) &&
- # If a .changes is in the list, it has the same stem as the
- # found file (probably a .orig.tar.gz). Don't report in this
- # case.
- !(grep( /\.changes$/, @job_files ))) {
- $maint = get_maintainer( $file );
- # Don't send a mail if this looks like the recompilation of a
- # package for a non-i386 arch. For those, the maintainer field is
- # useless :-(
- if (!grep( /(\.dsc|_(i386|all)\.deb)$/, @job_files )) {
- msg( "log", "Found an upload without .changes and with no ",
- ".dsc file\n" );
- msg( "log", "Not sending a report, because probably ",
- "recompilation job\n" );
+ # Delete such files if they're older than
+ # $stray_remove_timeout; they could be part of an
+ # yet-incomplete upload, with the .changes still missing.
+ # Cannot send any notification, since owner unknown.
+ next if !(@stats = stat( $file ));
+ my $age = time - $stats[ST_MTIME];
+ my( $maint, $pattern, @job_files );
+ if ($file =~ /^junk-for-writable-test/ ||
+ $file !~ m,$conf::valid_files, ||
+ $age >= $conf::stray_remove_timeout) {
+ msg( "log", "Deleted stray file ${main::current_incoming_short}/$file\n" ) if rm( $file );
}
- elsif ($maint) {
- init_mail();
- $main::mail_addr = $maint;
- $main::mail_addr = $1 if $main::mail_addr =~ /<([^>]*)>/;
- $main::mail_subject = "Incomplete upload found in ".
- "Debian upload queue";
- msg( "mail", "Probably you are the uploader of the following ".
- "file(s) in\n" );
- msg( "mail", "the Debian upload queue directory:\n " );
- msg( "mail", join( "\n ", @job_files ), "\n" );
- msg( "mail", "This looks like an upload, but a .changes file ".
- "is missing, so the job\n" );
- msg( "mail", "cannot be processed.\n\n" );
- msg( "mail", "If no .changes file arrives within ",
- print_time( $conf::stray_remove_timeout - $age ),
- ", the files will be deleted.\n\n" );
- msg( "mail", "If you didn't upload those files, please just ".
- "ignore this message.\n" );
- finish_mail();
- msg( "log", "Sending problem report for an upload without a ".
- ".changes\n" );
- msg( "log", "Maintainer: $maint\n" );
+ elsif ($age > $conf::no_changes_timeout &&
+ is_debian_file( $file ) &&
+ # not already reported
+ !($stats[ST_MODE] & S_ISGID) &&
+ ($pattern = debian_file_stem( $file )) &&
+ (@job_files = glob($pattern)) &&
+ # If a .changes is in the list, it has the same stem as the
+ # found file (probably a .orig.tar.gz). Don't report in this
+ # case.
+ !(grep( /\.changes$/, @job_files ))) {
+ $maint = get_maintainer( $file );
+ # Don't send a mail if this looks like the recompilation of a
+ # package for a non-i386 arch. For those, the maintainer field is
+ # useless :-(
+ if (!grep( /(\.dsc|_(i386|all)\.deb)$/, @job_files )) {
+ msg( "log", "Found an upload without .changes and with no ",
+ ".dsc file\n" );
+ msg( "log", "Not sending a report, because probably ",
+ "recompilation job\n" );
+ }
+ elsif ($maint) {
+ init_mail();
+ $main::mail_addr = $maint;
+ $main::mail_addr = $1 if $main::mail_addr =~ /<([^>]*)>/;
+ $main::mail_subject = "Incomplete upload found in ".
+ "Debian upload queue";
+ msg( "mail", "Probably you are the uploader of the following ".
+ "file(s) in\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "the Debian upload queue directory:\n " );
+ msg( "mail", join( "\n ", @job_files ), "\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "This looks like an upload, but a .changes file ".
+ "is missing, so the job\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "cannot be processed.\n\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "If no .changes file arrives within ",
+ print_time( $conf::stray_remove_timeout - $age ),
+ ", the files will be deleted.\n\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "If you didn't upload those files, please just ".
+ "ignore this message.\n" );
+ finish_mail();
+ msg( "log", "Sending problem report for an upload without a ".
+ ".changes\n" );
+ msg( "log", "Maintainer: $maint\n" );
+ }
+ else {
+ msg( "log", "Found an upload without .changes, but can't ".
+ "find a maintainer address\n" );
+ }
+ msg( "log", "Files: @job_files\n" );
+ # remember we already have sent a mail regarding this file
+ foreach ( @job_files ) {
+ my @st = stat($_);
+ next if !@st; # file may have disappeared in the meantime
+ chmod +($st[ST_MODE] |= S_ISGID), $_;
+ }
}
else {
- msg( "log", "Found an upload without .changes, but can't ".
- "find a maintainer address\n" );
- }
- msg( "log", "Files: @job_files\n" );
- # remember we already have sent a mail regarding this file
- foreach ( @job_files ) {
- my @st = stat($_);
- next if !@st; # file may have disappeared in the meantime
- chmod +($st[ST_MODE] |= S_ISGID), $_;
+ debug( "found stray file ${main::current_incoming_short}/$file, deleting in ",
+ print_time($conf::stray_remove_timeout - $age) );
}
}
- else {
- debug( "found stray file $file, deleting in ",
- print_time($conf::stray_remove_timeout - $age) );
- }
}
+ chdir( $conf::incoming );
end_run:
$main::dstat = "i";
local( *CHANGES );
local( *FAILS );
- format_status_str( $main::current_changes, $changes );
+ format_status_str( $main::current_changes, "$main::current_incoming_short/$changes" );
$main::dstat = "c";
write_status_file() if $conf::statusdelay;
@$keep_list = ();
- msg( "log", "processing $changes\n" );
+ msg( "log", "processing ${main::current_incoming_short}/$changes\n" );
# parse the .changes file
open( CHANGES, "<$changes" )
- or die "Cannot open $changes: $!\n";
+ or die "Cannot open ${main::current_incoming_short}/$changes: $!\n";
$pgplines = 0;
$main::mail_addr = "";
@files = ();
$field[5] =~ /^([a-zA-Z0-9.+_:@=%-][~a-zA-Z0-9.+_:@=%-]*)/;
if ($1 ne $field[5]) {
msg( "log", "found suspicious filename $field[5]\n" );
- msg( "mail", "File '$field[5]' mentioned in $changes\n",
+ msg( "mail", "File '$field[5]' mentioned in $main::current_incoming_short/$changes\n",
"has bad characters in its name. Removed.\n" );
rm( $field[5] );
next;
# some consistency checks
if (!$main::mail_addr) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$changes doesn't contain a Maintainer: field; ".
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$changes doesn't contain a Maintainer: field; ".
"cannot process\n" );
goto remove_only_changes;
}
# not found or not unique: hold the job and inform queue maintainer
my $old_addr = $main::mail_addr;
$main::mail_addr = $conf::maintainer_mail;
- msg( "mail", "The job $changes doesn't have a correct email\n" );
- msg( "mail", "address in the Maintainer: field:\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "The job ${main::current_incoming_short}/$changes doesn't have a correct email\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "address in the Maintainer: field:\n" );
msg( "mail", " $old_addr\n" );
msg( "mail", "A check for this in the Debian keyring gave:\n" );
msg( "mail", @addr_list ?
" " . join( ", ", @addr_list ) . "\n" :
" nothing\n" );
msg( "mail", "Please fix this manually\n" );
- msg( "log", "Bad Maintainer: field in $changes: $old_addr\n" );
+ msg( "log", "Bad Maintainer: field in ${main::current_incoming_short}/$changes: $old_addr\n" );
goto remove_only_changes;
}
}
if ($pgplines < 3) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$changes isn't signed with PGP/GnuPG\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$changes isn't signed with PGP/GnuPG\n" );
msg( "log", "(uploader $main::mail_addr)\n" );
goto remove_only_changes;
}
if (!@files) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$changes doesn't mention any files\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$changes doesn't mention any files\n" );
msg( "log", "(uploader $main::mail_addr)\n" );
goto remove_only_changes;
}
$retries = $last_retry = 0;
if (-f $failure_file) {
open( FAILS, "<$failure_file" )
- or die "Cannot open $failure_file: $!\n";
+ or die "Cannot open $main::current_incoming_short/$failure_file: $!\n";
my $line = <FAILS>;
close( FAILS );
( $retries, $last_retry ) = ( $1, $2 ) if $line =~ /^(\d+)\s+(\d+)$/;
# run PGP on the file to check the signature
if (!($signator = pgp_check( $changes ))) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$changes has bad PGP/GnuPG signature!\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$changes has bad PGP/GnuPG signature!\n" );
msg( "log", "(uploader $main::mail_addr)\n" );
remove_only_changes:
- msg( "log,mail", "Removing $changes, but keeping its associated ",
+ msg( "log,mail", "Removing $main::current_incoming_short/$changes, but keeping its associated ",
"files for now.\n" );
rm( $changes );
# Set SGID bit on associated files, so that the test for Debian files
elsif ($signator eq "LOCAL ERROR") {
# An error has appened when starting pgp... Don't process the file,
# but also don't delete it
- debug( "Can't PGP/GnuPG check $changes -- don't process it for now" );
+ debug( "Can't PGP/GnuPG check $main::current_incoming_short/$changes -- don't process it for now" );
return;
}
- die "Cannot stat $changes (??): $!\n"
+ die "Cannot stat ${main::current_incoming_short}/$changes (??): $!\n"
if !(@changes_stats = stat( $changes ));
# Make $upload_time the maximum of all modification times of files
# related to this .changes (and the .changes it self). This is the
# if a .changes fails for a really long time (several days
# or so), remove it and all associated files
msg( "log,mail",
- "$changes couldn't be processed for ",
+ "$main::current_incoming_short/$changes couldn't be processed for ",
int($conf::bad_changes_timeout/(60*60)),
" hours and is now deleted\n" );
msg( "log,mail",
# (moved to here, to avoid bothering target as long as there are errors in
# the job)
if ($ls_l = is_on_target( $changes )) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$changes is already present on target host:\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$changes is already present on target host:\n" );
msg( "log,mail", "$ls_l\n" );
msg( "mail", "Either you already uploaded it, or someone else ",
"came first.\n" );
$main::dstat = "c";
write_status_file() if $conf::statusdelay;
- msg( "log", "processing $commands\n" );
+ msg( "log", "processing $main::current_incoming_short/$commands\n" );
# parse the .commands file
if (!open( COMMANDS, "<$commands" )) {
- msg( "log", "Cannot open $commands: $!\n" );
+ msg( "log", "Cannot open $main::current_incoming_short/$commands: $!\n" );
return;
}
$pgplines = 0;
# some consistency checks
if (!$main::mail_addr || $main::mail_addr !~ /^\S+\@\S+\.\S+/) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$commands contains no or bad Uploader: field: ".
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$commands contains no or bad Uploader: field: ".
"$main::mail_addr\n" );
- msg( "log,mail", "cannot process $commands\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "cannot process $main::current_incoming_short/$commands\n" );
$main::mail_addr = "";
goto remove;
}
msg( "log", "(command uploader $main::mail_addr)\n" );
if ($pgplines < 3) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$commands isn't signed with PGP/GnuPG\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$commands isn't signed with PGP/GnuPG\n" );
msg( "mail", "or the uploaded file is broken. Make sure to transfer in binary mode\n" );
msg( "mail", "or better yet - use dcut for commands files\n");
goto remove;
# run PGP on the file to check the signature
if (!($signator = pgp_check( $commands ))) {
- msg( "log,mail", "$commands has bad PGP/GnuPG signature!\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "$main::current_incoming_short/$commands has bad PGP/GnuPG signature!\n" );
remove:
- msg( "log,mail", "Removing $commands\n" );
+ msg( "log,mail", "Removing $main::current_incoming_short/$commands\n" );
rm( $commands );
return;
}
elsif ($signator eq "LOCAL ERROR") {
# An error has appened when starting pgp... Don't process the file,
# but also don't delete it
- debug( "Can't PGP/GnuPG check $commands -- don't process it for now" );
+ debug( "Can't PGP/GnuPG check $main::current_incoming_short/$commands -- don't process it for now" );
return;
}
msg( "log", "(PGP/GnuPG signature by $signator)\n" );
# now process commands
- msg( "mail", "Log of processing your commands file $commands:\n\n" );
+ msg( "mail", "Log of processing your commands file $main::current_incoming_short/$commands:\n\n" );
foreach $cmd ( @cmds ) {
my @word = split( /\s+/, $cmd );
msg( "mail,log", "> @word\n" );
}
}
rm( $commands );
- msg( "log", "-- End of $commands processing\n" );
+ msg( "log", "-- End of $main::current_incoming_short/$commands processing\n" );
}
#
}
elsif ($conf::upload_method eq "ftp") {
my($rv, $file);
+ if (!$main::FTP_chan->cwd( $main::current_targetdir )) {
+ msg( "log,mail", "Can't cd to $main::current_targetdir on $conf::target\n" );
+ goto err;
+ }
foreach $file (@files) {
($rv, $msgs) = ftp_cmd( "put", $file );
goto err if !$rv;
}
}
else {
- ($msgs, $stat) = local_cmd( "$conf::cp @files $conf::targetdir", 'NOCD' );
+ ($msgs, $stat) = local_cmd( "$conf::cp @files $main::current_targetdir", 'NOCD' );
goto err if $stat;
}
}
}
else {
- my @tfiles = map { "$conf::targetdir/$_" } @files;
+ my @tfiles = map { "$main::current_targetdir/$_" } @files;
debug( "executing unlink(@tfiles)" );
rm( @tfiles );
}
my $found = 0;
my $stat;
local( *PIPE );
-
+
$stat = 1;
if (-x $conf::gpg) {
debug( "executing $conf::gpg --no-options --batch ".
"--no-default-keyring --always-trust ".
"--keyring ". join (" --keyring ",@conf::keyrings).
- " --verify '$file'" );
+ "--verify '$file'" );
if (!open( PIPE, "$conf::gpg --no-options --batch ".
"--no-default-keyring --always-trust ".
"--keyring " . join (" --keyring ",@conf::keyrings).
- " --verify '$file'".
+ "--verify '$file'".
" 2>&1 |" )) {
msg( "log", "Can't open pipe to $conf::gpg: $!\n" );
return "LOCAL ERROR";
if ($main::FTP_chan) {
# is already open, but might have timed out; test with a cwd
- return $main::FTP_chan if $main::FTP_chan->cwd( $conf::targetdir );
+ return $main::FTP_chan if $main::FTP_chan->cwd( $main::current_targetdir );
# cwd didn't work, channel is closed, try to reopen it
$main::FTP_chan = undef;
}
msg( "log,mail", "Can't set binary FTP mode on $conf::target\n" );
goto err;
}
- if (!$main::FTP_chan->cwd( $conf::targetdir )) {
- msg( "log,mail", "Can't cd to $conf::targetdir on $conf::target\n" );
+ if (!$main::FTP_chan->cwd( $main::current_targetdir )) {
+ msg( "log,mail", "Can't cd to $main::current_targetdir on $conf::target\n" );
goto err;
}
debug( "opened FTP channel to $conf::target" );
my ($msg, $stat);
my $ecmd = "$conf::ssh $conf::ssh_options $conf::target ".
- "-l $conf::targetlogin \'cd $conf::targetdir; $cmd\'";
+ "-l $conf::targetlogin \'cd $main::current_targetdir; $cmd\'";
debug( "executing $ecmd" );
$SIG{"ALRM"} = sub { die "timeout in ssh command\n" } ;
alarm( $conf::remote_timeout );
my ($msg, $stat);
my $ecmd = "$conf::scp $conf::ssh_options @_ ".
- "$conf::targetlogin\@$conf::target:$conf::targetdir";
+ "$conf::targetlogin\@$conf::target:$main::current_targetdir";
debug( "executing $ecmd" );
$SIG{"ALRM"} = sub { die "timeout in scp\n" } ;
alarm( $conf::remote_timeout );
my $nocd = shift;
my ($msg, $stat);
- my $ecmd = ($nocd ? "" : "cd $conf::targetdir; ") . $cmd;
+ my $ecmd = ($nocd ? "" : "cd $main::current_targetdir; ") . $cmd;
debug( "executing $ecmd" );
$msg = `($ecmd) 2>&1`;
$stat = $?;