Changes between Version 66 and Version 67 of VboxApps


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Mar 26, 2014, 8:30:34 PM (11 years ago)
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davea
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  • VboxApps

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    182182 * Launch BOINC with --exit_before_start
    183  * When BOINC exits, launch the VboxWrapper with the register_only
     183 * When BOINC exits, launch  vboxwrapper with the --register_only option.
    184184 * Set the VBOX_USER_HOME environment variable to the vbox directory
    185185   under the slot directory.
     
    269269You can use the a single VM image for many applications.
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    271 '''Attention:''' If your '''boinc_app''' is a bash or perl script you may get problems when the VM is restored from a snapshot. To circumvent this you have to change your startup script to copy the contents of the shared/ directory to another directory 'inside' the VM and execute it there. For example:
     271'''Attention:''' If your '''boinc_app''' is a bash or perl script you may get problems when the VM is restored from a snapshot.
     272To circumvent this you have to change your startup script to copy the contents of the shared/ directory to another directory 'inside' the VM and execute it there.
     273For example:
    272274{{{
    273275echo -- Launching boinc_app
     
    282284else
    283285}}}
    284 This way you can still reuse the VM for other applications but have to make sure that your '''boinc_app''' control script is copying the output files of the application to ´/root/shared/´ before exiting. This may take some time, so you should do something like:
     286This way you can still reuse the VM for other applications but have to make sure
     287that your '''boinc_app''' control script is copying the output files of the application to ´/root/shared/´ before exiting.
     288This may take some time, so you should do something like:
    285289{{{
    286290cp outfile1.zip /root/shared/out1.zip.tmp