Finish started assignments but don't get new?

[jas]

Hi! I'm running mprime on linux on several machines, but there is one machine that I want to use for another purpose. I'm happy to let it finish compute the assignments I got, but I don't want it to receive new assignments. Is this possible? How do I tell mprime this?


Thanks,

/Simon

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by jas

I'm happy to let it finish compute the assignments I got, but I don't want it to receive new assignments. Is this possible? How do I tell mprime this?

Stop mprime. Add "NoMoreWork=1" to prime.ini. Restart mprime.

Once the last assignment in your worktodo.txt file is completed the prime.ini file is changed such that "UsePrimenet=0" is set, and mprime will exit.

Know that if you ever want to bring this machine back to Primenet work you'll need to change prime.ini to have "UsePrimenet=1" again.

[jas]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Stop mprime. Add "NoMoreWork=1" to prime.ini. Restart mprime.

Once the last assignment in your worktodo.txt file is completed the prime.ini file is changed such that "UsePrimenet=0" is set, and mprime will exit.

Know that if you ever want to bring this machine back to Primenet work you'll need to change prime.ini to have "UsePrimenet=1" again.

Yay, thank you!

[Gary]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Stop mprime. Add "NoMoreWork=1" to prime.ini. Restart mprime.

The whatsnew.txt file for 25.5 says " Several files have been renamed so that they are not changed by Windows save/restore. Prime.ini is now prime.txt. ..."

So should the NoMoreWork=1 line be added to prime.txt? My 29.8 install on Linux has no prime.ini file.

[PhilF]

Originally Posted by Gary

The whatsnew.txt file for 25.5 says " Several files have been renamed so that they are not changed by Windows save/restore. Prime.ini is now prime.txt. ..."

So should the NoMoreWork=1 line be added to prime.txt? My 29.8 install on Linux has no prime.ini file.

Yes, that is correct. prime.txt is the correct file.

[Gary]

Originally Posted by PhilF

Yes, that is correct. prime.txt is the correct file.

Also, from looking at mprime source, I think NoMoreWork=1 has to be in the "global section" of the prime.txt file, before any section headers like [PrimeNet]. When I stuck it at the end of the prime.txt file after [PrimeNet] it was ignored. I moved it before and it works.