Re: Running Iperf in Daemon mode -> no prompt

[Tanya Brethour <brethour --at-- ncsa.uiuc.edu>]

Markus,

> >I am using iperf in a perl environment to perform some measurements
> >on my local LAN. When starting the server in Daemon mode the Process 
> >does not return to a shell prompt as known from other programs.
> >Do you know where to fix this. I need iperf to go directly into the
> >background and afterwards having a shell prompt.
> >
> >Right now I can get this prompt by pressing Enter once.

I am assuming that you are doing this on Linux? What command are you
using? If you use "iperf -s -D > iperf.log", that will spit you out to a
prompt. My guess is because Iperf is spitting out to stdout instead of a
log file you have to hit enter for your term to redisplay the prompt.

Thanks,
Tanya