Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of CondorBoinc

Timestamp:

Mar 21, 2013, 10:14:49 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

--

CondorBoinc

@@ -73 +73 @@
 Each request and reply consists of a single line.
 
-The main commands return S (success) or E (error) depending
-on whether it was syntactically valid.
-The commands takes a <req id> argument,
-and a RESULTS command fetches the results of completed commands.
+Except for BOINC_SELECT_PROJECT, all the commands are asynchronous:
+they immediately return S (success) or E (error) depending
+on whether the request was syntactically valid,
+and they take a <req id> argument;
+a RESULTS command fetches the results of completed asynchronous commands.
 
 The commands are:
@@ -82 +83 @@
 === Specify BOINC project and credentials ===
 {{{
-BOINC_SELECT_PROJECT <req id> project_url authenticator
-}}}
-Result: NULL or error message
+BOINC_SELECT_PROJECT project_url authenticator
+}}}
+Result (immediate): NULL or error message
 
 Specify the URL of a BOINC project and the authenticator of
@@ -124 +125 @@
 {{{
 BOINC_FETCH_OUTPUT <req id> <job name> <dir> <stderr filename>
-    <mode: ZIP | ALL | SOME>
+    <mode: ALL | SOME>
     <#file-specs>
     <src name> <dst>
@@ -140 +141 @@
  
  * <dir> is a directory on the local machine where output files are placed by default.
- * If mode is ZIP, then the job must have a single zipped output file.
-   This file is unzipped into the output directory.
-   File specs are then applied to rename or move output files.
  * If mode is ALL, all the job's output files are fetched.
    File specs are then applied to rename or move output files.