@@ 181,7 181,8 @@ determined."
#:key (error-port (current-error-port)) (quote? #t))
"Run COMMAND (a string list) on MACHINE, assuming an lsh gateway has been
set up. When QUOTE? is true, perform shell-quotation of all the elements of
-COMMAND."
+COMMAND. Return either a pipe opened with MODE, or #f if the lsh client could
+not be started."
(define (shell-quote str)
;; Sort-of shell-quote STR so it can be passed as an argument to the
;; shell.
@@ 535,7 536,7 @@ allowed on MACHINE."
(line (read-line pipe)))
(close-pipe pipe)
(if (eof-object? line)
- 1.
+ +inf.0 ;MACHINE does not respond, so assume it is infinitely loaded
(match (string-tokenize line)
((one five fifteen . _)
(let* ((raw (string->number five))
@@ 546,7 547,7 @@ allowed on MACHINE."
(build-machine-name machine) raw normalized)
normalized))
(_
- 1.)))))
+ +inf.0))))) ;something's fishy about MACHINE, so avoid it
(define (machine-less-loaded? m1 m2)
"Return #t if the load on M1 is lower than that on M2."