| Product Name: | FBSNG - Farm Batch System (new generation) |
| Product Versions: | v1_0 |
| Date (mm/dd/yyyy): | 6/14/2000 |
The authors wish to acknowledge the following people who have added much to this software through comments, suggestions, and testing:
| Antonio Wong Chan | (Academia Sinica (Taiwan), CDFcollaboration) |
| Yen-Chu Chen | (Academia Sinica (Taiwan), CDF collaboration) |
| Thomas Las | (Junior High School, Manooka, IL) |
| Miroslav Siket | (Academia Sinica (Taiwan), CDF collaboration) |
| Heidi Schellmann | (Northwestern University, D0 collaboration) |
| Steve Wolbers | (Fermilab, CDF collaboration) |
| Ping Yeh | (Academia Sinica (Taiwan), CDF collaboration) |
This software has been made freely available with a request for collaborative input subject to standard Fermitools Terms and Conditions given in full below.
FBSNG is a batch system designed for a farm architecture. Traditional batch system features such as job submission, job queueing, and load balancing are built into the system.
Major features of FBSNG
Documentation
The following documentation is packaged with each version:
| FILE | FORMAT | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| README | ASCII | General, Very Basic Overview |
| doc/install.ps | Postscript | Installation/Administration Guide |
| doc/users_guide.ps | Postscript | Users Guide |
| doc/Release_Notes_v1.0.txt | ASCII | Release Notes |
FBSNG is written primarily in Python, but has some C-language and C++ sources as well. FBSNG requires library named FCSLIB to be installed. The library is freely available from Fermi Tools under the same license. FBSNG requires Python 1.5 or later version. FBSNG GUI requires Python to be built with Tcl/Tk support.
FBSNG is currently supported under UNIX (IRIX and OSF1 platforms) and Linux operating systems.
Product Installation and Maintenance FBSNG, excluding source code, is packaged as follows:
| README | general, very basic overview |
| doc | directory containing documentation |
| man | directory containing manpages |
| ups | directory of scripts to setup the correct user environment at Fermilab |
| lib | directory containing FBSNG libraries |
| bin | directory containing FBSNG non-customizable executables |
| templates | directory containing templates of scripts and configuration files that should be customized for each FBSNG installation. |
Help with the installation or use of FBSNG is available by sending mail to fbs-support@fnal.gov which is auto-forwarded to the group in charge of FBSNG support at Fermilab.
This software is furnished by Fermilab on an "as is" basis as a service to the wider community with the goal of stimulating collaborative use and further development.
Provision of the software implies no commitment of support by Fermilab.
The Fermilab Computing Division is open to discussing other levels of support for use of the software with responsible and committed users and collaborators.
Use of the software in experiments at Fermilab will be assured of a level of support as agreed to through the standard Memorandum Of Understanding process.
Users may send mail to the mail address given above, with the expectation that it will be read and noted.
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