Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of OptionsApi


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May 29, 2011, 8:32:43 PM (13 years ago)
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davea
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    v7 v8  
    6161 '''multi_process''':: Set this if your application crease sub-processes (e.g., MPI).
    6262
     63== Miscellaneous data ==
     64
     65The following functions return miscellaneous data:
     66
     67{{{
     68#!c++
     69int boinc_get_init_data_p(APP_INIT_DATA*);
     70int boinc_get_init_data(APP_INIT_DATA&);
     71
     72struct APP_INIT_DATA {
     73    int major_version;
     74    int minor_version;
     75    int release;
     76    int app_version;
     77    char app_name[256];
     78    char symstore[256];
     79    char acct_mgr_url[256];
     80    char* project_preferences;
     81    int hostid;
     82    char user_name[256];
     83    char team_name[256];
     84    char project_dir[256];
     85    char boinc_dir[256];
     86    char wu_name[256];
     87    char authenticator[256];
     88    int slot;
     89    double user_total_credit;
     90    double user_expavg_credit;
     91    double host_total_credit;
     92    double host_expavg_credit;
     93    double resource_share_fraction;
     94    HOST_INFO host_info;
     95    PROXY_INFO proxy_info;  // in case app wants to use network
     96    GLOBAL_PREFS global_prefs;
     97    double starting_elapsed_time;
     98
     99    // info about the WU
     100    double rsc_fpops_est;
     101    double rsc_fpops_bound;
     102    double rsc_memory_bound;
     103    double rsc_disk_bound;
     104
     105    // the following are used for compound apps,
     106    // where each stage of the computation is a fixed
     107    // fraction of the total.
     108    double fraction_done_start;
     109    double fraction_done_end;
     110};
     111}}}
     112
     113to get the following information:
     114
     115||'''core version'''||The version number of the core client||
     116||'''app_name'''||The application name (from the server's DB)||
     117||'''project_preferences'''||An XML string containing the user's project-specific preferences.||
     118||'''user_name'''||The user's 'screen name' on this project.||
     119||'''team_name'''||The user's team name, if any.||
     120||'''project_dir'''||Absolute path of project directory||
     121||'''boinc_dir'''||Absolute path of BOINC root directory||
     122||'''wu_name'''||Name of workunit being processed||
     123||'''authenticator'''||User's authenticator for this project||
     124||'''slot'''||The number of the app's 'slot'||
     125||'''user_total_credit'''||User's total work for this project.||
     126||'''user_expavg_credit'''||User's recent average work per day.||
     127||'''team_total_credit'''||Team's total work for this project.||
     128||'''team_expavg_credit'''||Team's recent average work per day.||
     129||'''host_info'''||A structure describing the host hardware and OS||
     130||'''starting_elapsed_time'''||Elapsed time, counting previous episodes (provided only by 6.10 and later clients)||
     131
    63132== Getting the status of the runtime system ==
    64133