remote_exec procedure

remote_exec Procedure

Execute the supplied program on a remote host. A two-element list is returned. The first element is the exit status of the program or -1 if execution failed. The second element is any output produced by the program. This may be an empty string if output from the program was redirected.

remote_exec hostname program ?options? ?input? ?output? ?timeout?

hostname

Name of the host to execute the command on.

program

Command to execute.

options

Arguments to pass to the program.

input

Input filename to feed to standard input of the command.

output

Output filename where the output from the command should be written.

timeout

Timeout value in seconds.

All of the optional positional arguments accept an empty string as a neutral value.