[Swift-commit] r2446 - in trunk: docs etc

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Author: benc
Date: 2009-01-19 10:15:28 -0600 (Mon, 19 Jan 2009)
New Revision: 2446

Modified:
   trunk/docs/userguide.xml
   trunk/etc/swift.properties
Log:
doc on status.mode property

Modified: trunk/docs/userguide.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/userguide.xml	2009-01-16 19:04:25 UTC (rev 2445)
+++ trunk/docs/userguide.xml	2009-01-19 16:15:28 UTC (rev 2446)
@@ -1717,7 +1717,32 @@
 							</para>
 						</listitem>
 					</varlistentry>
+					<varlistentry>
+						<term>
+							<property>status.mode</property>
+						</term>
+						<listitem>
+							<para>
+								Valid values: <parameter>files</parameter>, <parameter>provider</parameter>
+							</para>
 
+							<para>
+								Default value: <literal>files</literal>
+							</para>
+
+							<para>
+Controls how Swift will communicate the result code of running user programs
+from workers to the submit side. In <literal>files</literal> mode, a file
+indicating success or failure will be created on the site shared filesystem.
+In <literal>provider</literal> mode, the execution provider job status will
+be used. Notably, GRAM2 does not return job statuses correctly, and so
+<literal>provider</literal> mode will not work with GRAM2. With other
+providers, it can be used to reduce the amount of filesystem access compared
+to <literal>files</literal> mode.
+							</para>
+						</listitem>
+					</varlistentry>
+
 										
 				</variablelist>
 				

Modified: trunk/etc/swift.properties
===================================================================
--- trunk/etc/swift.properties	2009-01-16 19:04:25 UTC (rev 2445)
+++ trunk/etc/swift.properties	2009-01-19 16:15:28 UTC (rev 2446)
@@ -282,3 +282,16 @@
 #
 
 #ip.address=127.0.0.1
+
+
+# Controls how Swift will communicate the result code of running user programs
+# from workers to the submit side. In files mode, a file
+# indicating success or failure will be created on the site shared filesystem.
+# In provider mode, the execution provider job status will
+# be used. Notably, GRAM2 does not return job statuses correctly, and so
+# provider mode will not work with GRAM2. With other
+# providers, it can be used to reduce the amount of filesystem access compared
+# to files mode.
+#
+# status.mode=files
+