Hi,
Sometimes i use linux and sometimes i use windows.

Any idea how can i use the same file both in linux and windows ?

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Since each OS uses a different science app respectively, you cannot have the app 'know' about the other and pick up where the other left off. You could do it by booting into different versions of the same OS, but not different OSes.

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Hi,
Sometimes i use linux and sometimes i use windows.

Any idea how can i use the same file both in linux and windows ?

You can't, and you shouldn't try. There is no guarantee that the intermediate files are compatible between operating systems.

Just remember not to stay in one OS for too long so the workunits on the other don't get past deadline.

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Thanks.

(Though i think it sux.. it should be system indepndet. what if i got some WU on linux i want to start on windows.. )

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Thanks.

(Though i think it sux.. it should be system indepndet. what if i got some WU on linux i want to start on windows.. )

There's nothing that can be done about that since the two platform use different executable formats - the same reason why a Mac x86 application won't run natively on Windows or vice versa. These things are decided at the design of an OS.

The only way to make a OS agnostic executable is to run it under something like Flash or Java, which provides the same instruction set to all OSes. However, the problem with that idea is that you are adding another layer of complexity (hardware -> OS -> Java -> BOINC -> SETI@Home vs. hardware -> OS -> BOINC -> SETI@Home) which can seriously degrade performance as it will be limited to the speed of the Java platform and it will require everyone to install yet another application before their system is SETI compatible.

Otherwise, there is no such thing as a truly platform independent program.

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