That proposal would lead to infinite downloading (see below) [email protected] wrote: > The proposal is to download missing files only at startup or when new tasks > arrive needing the file, and ONLY do so if there is work that needs the > file. i.e. at startup, if there is a missing file, and no work for that > file, do nothing. > > jm7 > > > > David Anderson > <[email protected] > ey.edu> To
> > > I'm not sure this will solve the problem. > Seems to me the client will go into this loop: > > 1) get a job from the server > 2) download the executable > 3) anti-virus program deletes the executable > 4) job bombs out because executable missing > 5) go to 1 > > As of right now, as far as I've heard, > the client re-downloads the executable only on startup. > That's better than the above. > > It's not clear to me what the solution is, > or if we really need to do anything. > Suggestions welcome. > > -- David _______________________________________________ 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.
