On 10-May-2011 11:05 AM, Tom Ritter wrote: > 1) Is every file required to be listed in the version.xml file? That > could get unwieldy for applications with lots of supporting files.
Good point. I'll make it so you need to list only those files that have attributes. > > 2) Will this work with applications that have subdirectories? (I > believe that was a new feature in a recent BOINC client*) Subdirectories can be specified in the file's logical name; they tell the client to create subdirectories in the slot directory. > > 3) This is way out of scope most likely - but would anyone else find > it useful to have built-in support for bundling application files and > automatically unzipping them on the client? For applications with a > lot of small files it reduces network roundtrips and bandwith > considerably.** This would a desirable feature, but will have to wait for a future client release. In the meantime, you can compress files individually; see http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/FileCompression#compress-input (I believe this works for app files as well as input files). -- David _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
