Hi,

Personally, I would avoid the entire rsh/rlogin/etc suite and use ssh (or similar). Other than that, I can see an issue with the script that don't appear to be an issue in your environment:

• The script contacts servers A, B and C.
• Server A completes the task, but server B doesn't respond... then Server C may not complete the task in the 'time window' if at all.
• It would probably be better to spawn off the tasks to each individual server then display the output sequentially when the tasks are completed. That way the time is dramatically decreased.
• This is assuming that B & C do not rely on the output of A.

You deserve the ++ I gave ya though :)

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