> 2. Call some function that dumps state from another node. Here is an
> example of calling server:dump_state() on the 'nodename' node from
> another node:
>
> echo "rpc:call('nodename@`hostname -s`', server, dump_state, [])." | \
> erl -sname restarter -hidden
thanks. i whipped up a proof of concept using this approach, and it
worked like a charm. thanks again.