RE: running snmpd

> From: net-snmp-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:net-snmp-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On
> Behalf Of Jelena Savic

>> I have a script which starts up snmpd and then another
>> process which talks to snmpd
>> I have traced the snmpd, and the parent process forks and
>> exits before the socket is ready..
>>
>> Is there a way that i can notify my process when snmpd is
>> ready without arbitrarily sleeping for some time before
>> starting up the second process?

>$ snmpgetnext [valid creds] -t 10 -r 60 .1.3
>
> ...will wait up to ten minutes for a valid response, retrying every ten seconds. Check the return code - 0
>menas the agent is up, anything else means abort.
>
>
> HTH,
>
>Mike



How do i check the return code of snmpgetnext?

Thanks


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