Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/test/linesize-remote.sh
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/test/linesize-remote.sh	(revision 18117)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/test/linesize-remote.sh	(revision 18117)
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+# we are having trouble with pcontrol -> pclient comms with very long lines (> 512)
+# this seems to be a problem with readline buffering
+
+# generate jobs with very long lines
+# XXX this must be run as the only pass in pcontrol (to get the JobIDs right)
+
+macro test
+  if ($0 != 2)
+    echo "USAGE: test (remotehost)"
+    break
+  end
+
+  host add $1
+
+  $inline1 = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
+  $inline2 = $inline1+$inline1
+  $inline3 = $inline2-$inline2
+  $inline4 = $inline3=$inline3
+  $inline5 = $inline4*$inline4
+  $inline6 = $inline5^$inline5
+  $inline7 = $inline6%$inline6
+
+  strlen "inline1: $inline1"
+  strlen "inline2: $inline2"
+  strlen "inline3: $inline3"
+  strlen "inline4: $inline4"
+  strlen "inline5: $inline5"
+  strlen "inline6: $inline6"
+  strlen "inline7: $inline7"
+
+  for i 1 10
+    job echo $inline7
+  end
+
+  sleep 5
+
+  for i 1 10
+    stdout $i -var outline
+    strlen "$inline7" Nin
+    strlen "$outline" Nout
+
+    echo Nin: $Nin, Nout: $Nout
+
+    if ($Nin != $Nout - 1)
+      echo "mismatch in length!"
+    end
+  end
+end