[rancid] Re: "End of run not found" troubleshooting

[Sam Munzani]

Any suggestions on how should I start my troubleshooting? Any debug 
flags etc.

Thanks,
Sam
> Sam,
>
> /^(: +)?end$/ translates to:
>
> Line starting with an optional (colon followed by one or more spaces)
> followed by the string 'end' with the 'd' being the last character on
> the line.
>
> So this matches any of the following lines:
>
> end
> : end
> :  end
> :   end
>
> I don't see this regex as your problem.
>
> Mike 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net
> [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of Sam Munzani
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:53 PM
> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: [rancid] "End of run not found" troubleshooting
>
> Team,
>
> I am troubleshooting a "End of run not found" message in the log. The 
> device type is 6509 switch running IOS. When I run "clogin device-name" 
> it works fine and puts me on the box. However when rancid runs, I get 
> "End of run not found"
>
> After reading through /opt/rancid/bin/rancid file, I discovered 
> following piece of code. Can somebody help me understand this RegEx?
>  if (/^(: +)?end$/) {
>             $found_end = 1;
>             return(1);
>         }
>
> Is it looking for :end or something else? If it looks for ":end" on a 
> line shouldn't regex be "/^:end$/"? Last few lines on my device config 
> is as below.
> ntp clock-period 17180035
> ntp server xx.xx.xx.xx prefer
> end
>
> corp-rtr-1#
>
>
> LOG file info:
> corp-rtr-01: missed cmd(s): dir /all slavedisk2:,dir /all 
> sec-slot2:,show diag,dir /all sec-nvram:,dir /all sec-bootflash:,show 
> spe version,di
> r /all slaveslot2:,dir /all slaveslot0:,dir /all sec-slot1:,dir /all 
> slavenvram:,dir /all sec-disk2:,dir /all slavesup-bootflash:,dir /all 
> sec-disk0:,dir
>  /all slavedisk1:,show module,show controllers,show diagbus,dir /all 
> slavedisk0:,dir /all sec-slot0:,dir /all sec-disk1:,write term,show vtp 
> status,dir /
> all sup-microcode:,show vlan,dir /all slavebootflash:,show controllers 
> cbus,dir /all slaveslot1:,show running-config,show c7200
> corp-rtr-01: End of run not found
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sam
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