Here's a thought:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $work={
"host1" => { userid=>"user1",args => [ "thing1" , "thing2, "red
+ thing" , "blue thing" ] } )
"host2" => { userid=>"user2",args=> [ ] }
"host3" => { userid => "user3", args=>[] }
#etcetera
};
foreach $host(keys %$work){
my $uid=$work->{$host}->{userid};
my @args=@{$work->{$host}->{args}};
if ( fork() == 0 ) {
my $cmdline=sprintf("ssh %s\@$s /tmp/start %s",$uid,$host,jo
+in(" ",@args));
system($cmdline)
}
}
wait() ; Wait here until the children exit
exit(0);
Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
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