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<title>Core Client: Debugging</title>
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<h2>Core Client: Debugging</h2>
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<h3>Core client logging and error output</h3>
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<p>
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The core client writes error messages to stderr.
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This mechanism is reserved for serious problems,
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i.e. those that reflect bugs in the core
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client program or conditions that require user intervention.
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Specifically, The client verifies that arguments to functions have valid
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values, and will print a message to stderr on an invalid argument.
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These error messages are formatted as <tt>error: CLASS_NAME.function:
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error_statement argument</tt>.
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Common errors of this type include
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unexpected NULL pointer arguments and negative lengths.
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Error numbers
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are defined in <b>lib/error_numbers.h</b>.
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<p>
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In addition, the core client can write a variety of "logging"
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information to stdout.
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The logging options are read from a file
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<b>log_flags.xml</b>.
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This file has the following format:
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<pre>
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<log_flags>
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[ flags ]
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</log_flags>
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</pre>
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The flags are as follows:
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<dl>
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<dt> <task/>
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<dd> Log the start, restart and completion of computational tasks.
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<dt> <file_xfer/>
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<dd> Log the start, restart and completion of file transfers.
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<dt> <sched_ops/>
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<dd> Log connections with scheduling servers.
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<dt> <state_debug/>
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<dd> Log changes to the "client state" data structures.
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<dt> <task_debug/>
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<dd> Log debugging information about task execution.
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<dt> <file_xfer_debug/>
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<dd> Log debugging information about file transfers.
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<dt> <sched_op_debug/>
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<dd> Log the request and reply messages of exchanges with scheduling
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servers.
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<dt> <http_debug/>
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<dd> Log debugging information about HTTP operations.
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<dt> <time_debug/>
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<dd> Log the passage of time.
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<dt> <net_xfer_debug/>
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<dd> Log debugging information about network communication.
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</dl>
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<h3>Application error output</h3>
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<p>
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The stderr of applications is automatically directed to a file. The
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contents of this file are returned to the scheduling server and stored
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in the database.
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