Changes between Version 26 and Version 27 of RemoteJob

Timestamp:

Feb 28, 2011, 2:16:18 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

tonig

Comment:

equiv classes, auto rename

RemoteJob

@@ -189 +189 @@
 names ending by '_1', '_2', and so on. 
 The ''aliases'' attribute contains a space-separated list of 
-extensions which are considered when deciding whether a file has been
-already downloaded.  When an alias is specified as above,
-a file ending in ''_1'' will be considered already
-downloaded, and its retrieval skipped, if a file
-with  a similar name  but ending in
-''_1.vel'' or ''_1.vel.gz'' is present in the 
-retrieve directory.
+extensions which serves two purposes: 
+ * ''automatic renaming'': retrieved files will receive the extension
+listed as a first element;
+ * ''avoiding duplicate retrievals'': they are considered when deciding whether a file has been
+already downloaded (equivalence classes).  For example, with the  alias above,
+a result file called ''xx_1'' will NOT be retrieved if one of the following files is
+present in the download directory:
+''xx_1.vel'', ''xx_1.vel.gz''.