| Re: searching for available license [message #25560] |
Tue, 26 June 2001 05:08 |
Karl Hoppel
Messages: 2
Registered: June 2001
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> Thanks Craig,
That worked. I can just specify a list of license files separated by
colons for the "LM_LICENSE_FILE" variable and it will search
sequentially for an available license.
Karl
> Karl Hoppel <karl.hoppel@nrl.navy.mil> writes:
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>> Does anyone have a script for searching for an available floating
>> license?
>> We have floating licenses distrubuted over many systems (one license for
>> each
>> person). Once in a while, someone will need to use a second license.
>> My current method of finding one is to simply change the
>> "LM_LICENSE_FILE"
>> environment variable to an alternate system/license and start IDL. I
>> can repeat this
>> procedure until I find a free license. There must be a quicker way, but
>> I don't know of
>> any way to poll a license server to see if a license is available.
>
> I always thought you could list more than one license file, and IDL
> would check each one in succession. Separate with each file with a
> colon. Worth a try?
>
> Craig
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| Re: searching for available license [message #25563 is a reply to message #25560] |
Mon, 25 June 2001 20:28  |
Craig Markwardt
Messages: 1869
Registered: November 1996
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Karl Hoppel <karl.hoppel@nrl.navy.mil> writes:
> Does anyone have a script for searching for an available floating
> license?
> We have floating licenses distrubuted over many systems (one license for
> each
> person). Once in a while, someone will need to use a second license.
> My current method of finding one is to simply change the
> "LM_LICENSE_FILE"
> environment variable to an alternate system/license and start IDL. I
> can repeat this
> procedure until I find a free license. There must be a quicker way, but
> I don't know of
> any way to poll a license server to see if a license is available.
I always thought you could list more than one license file, and IDL
would check each one in succession. Separate with each file with a
colon. Worth a try?
Craig
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Craig B. Markwardt, Ph.D. EMAIL: craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu
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