From b108246f4fd3238267936e97c35bc7be028938d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Anderson Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:40:42 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Created Standard assimilators (markdown) --- Standard-assimilators.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Standard-assimilators.md diff --git a/Standard-assimilators.md b/Standard-assimilators.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..95701ea --- /dev/null +++ b/Standard-assimilators.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +## The sample assimilator + +BOINC includes a sample assimilator, **sample_assimilator**. +It does the following: + +* For successful workunits, it writes the canonical instance's output files to the directory **PROJECT/sample_results/**. + If there is only one output file it is named WU_NAME. + If there are more than one they are named WU_NAME_0, WU_NAME_1, etc. + If there are no output files, an empty file WU_NAME_no_output_files is created. +* If the workunit failed (e.g., too many errors) it appends a line to **sample_results/errors** + containing the workunit name and the error code. + +The sample assimilator can be used as a placeholder while you are developing your application. +In some cases you may be able to use it in production.