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Bayes Remote Queue File Description

The remote queue file contains exactly one line per remote machine. The format of the file is:

remote.ip.address port user cpus QueueName password

where

  1. The "remote.ip.address" is the ip address of the machine, for example bayes.wustl.edu.
  2. The "port" is the port address the server is listening to, for example 8080.
  3. The "user" name that runs the jobs on the remote machine, for example bayes or larry.
  4. The "cpus" is the maximum CPUS that may be used on the remote machine for this queue.
  5. The "QueueName" is the name of the batch queue. If the remote machine is not using a queuing system then enter "None".
  6. Finally the "password" field can take on one of two values "password" to indicate that passwords are used or "None" to indicate that passwords are not used.

The file is read positionally and extra spaces are unimportant. There should be one line per remote machine, so if, for example, you have only one remote machine then this file might read:

jack.pustl.edu 8080 bayes 32 4hr_32cpu password

So this previous line means that the remote machine is "jack.pustl.edu", the server is running on port "8080", the user account is "bayes". The software can use up to 32 CPUs and when jobs are submitted to a batch queuing system they go to the queue named "4hr_32cpu" and passwords are being used.

When the `Bayes.Remote.Queue.File' file is located in `/vnmr/bayes/help' it applies to all users unless a user has a file in `vnmrsys/help', in which case the vnmrsys `Bayes.Remote.Queue.File' file is used in preference to the one in /vnmr.


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Larry Bretthorst
Dept. Of Chemistry and Radiology
Washington University
St. Louis MO 63130

Phone: 314 362-9994