[Swift-devel] status files

[Mihael Hategan]

On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 19:45 +0000, Ben Clifford wrote:
> For providers that return exit codes from jobs correctly, I think it is 
> safe to not use status files and instead use the returned exit code.
> 
> I think that's the case for gram4 and local execution and either is or can 
> be the case for coasters and falkon.
> 
> I'm specifically interested in two cases: one with falkon on the bg/p 
> where status file munging seems to take some time; and the other with 
> skenny's cnari app where file-related activity seems to dominate - it 
> might help or might not.

The exit code test is fast, since only a deletion is done in normal
circumstances.

I do not believe that the grain in performance is worth making the code
more complex than it needs to be, but it may be worth a try.