Sticky Error
26 Nov 2010 21:42:46 UTC
Topic 195473
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Could Einstein@Home put a tag in the ... records for stoch_anticenter.bank and zaplist_232.txt files? I was asked to write a program to transfer workunits from one Boinc installation to another. I have done so and am now testing it. It fails with E@H in that it deletes the records for the above two files from the source client_state.xml file because these files are referenced by each work unit and must be moved to the destination computer if not already there. Normally, one deletes the file_info records from the source CS file when the files are moved. My program does not delete file_info records that are marked sticky. One alternative is some sort of special exception list for E@H, which is not maintainable. Thanks for your consideration in this matter.
Sticky Error
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Hi,
We could certainly add the sticky tag for those two files. However, I don't understand why your program handles them differently than regular data files (*.binary). As long as a file isn't declared as sticky you shouldn't make any assumptions of it being reused.
Cheers,
Oliver
Einstein@Home Project