I can add another shared directory that points to a scratch area in the project's directory.
Would that work for you? ----- Rom -----Original Message----- From: boinc_dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marius Millea Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] is there a way to persist files on the host (sorry if this screws up the threading, I can't figure out how to reply to a specific message given I receive only the digest?) I see, that makes a lot of sense, thanks. I suppose a followup problem is that this is a VBox app, which AFAIK only gets access to the mounted shared/ folder. Is there any way around this? Marius The easiest way is to not tell BOINC about the file - > just create it in the project directory, and look for it there in > subsequent jobs. > > The app can get the project dir from the APP_INIT_DATA: > http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/StatusApi > > -- David > > > On 25-Jun-2015 2:10 AM, Marius Millea wrote: > > Suppose the result of a computation yields a large file which I > > would > like > > > > 1) to remain on host > > 2) to be used in subsequent computations > > 3) to not be uploaded > > > > I think I know how to do 1), if I have the file in the output > > template I can add the <copy_file> flag. Is there actually any way > > to do 2 or 3 though? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Marius _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
