Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of CondorBoinc

Timestamp:

Mar 5, 2013, 1:31:23 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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CondorBoinc

@@ -63 +63 @@
 Each request and reply consists of a single line.
 
-Each of the main commands returns S (success) or E (error) depending
+The main commands return S (success) or E (error) depending
 on whether it was syntactically valid.
-The command takes a <req id> argument.
+The commands takes a <req id> argument,
+and a RESULTS command fetches the results of completed commands.
 
 The commands are:
@@ -129 +130 @@
 After this time its files and database records can be deleted.
 
+{{{
+RESULTS
+
+Result:
+  # of completed commands
+  <req_id1> result1
+  ...
+}}}
+
+If any commands have completed, return their results.
+
+Note: the GAHP protocol defines an "async mode" where the GAHP can notify
+the grid manager that a command has completed by sending "R\n".
+This is probably not worth doing since polling is very cheap.
+
 === Project selection and authentication ===