Cmd line to suspend

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Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 774 Credit: 23,193,139 RAC: 0	Message 1100197 - Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 7:05:06 UTC
Good morning, happy Easter & welcome back Debbie. ... Anyway, does anyone know if there is a cmd line to set BOINC to suspend? My idea is to add the line to a batch-file that I use to launch a game. Then there's no chance of science being lost due to computation errors during gaming (+ jerky framerates).
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Helli Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Dec 99 Posts: 692 Credit: 66,783,677 RAC: 2,479	Message 1100202 - Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 7:54:07 UTC
Have you tried both <exclusive_....> Tags in cc_config.xml to stop crunching with the GPUs or CPUs or both if you start an specific Application like a Game? <exclusive_app>filename.exe</exclusive_app> BOINC will suspend computing whenever the executable is running (e.g., a game). Case is ignored in filenames. Multiple applications can be specified. <exclusive_gpu_app>important.exe</exclusive_gpu_app> BOINC will suspend use of GPUs whenever the executable is running. cc_config options Helli ____________
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Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3077 Credit: 341,914 RAC: 96	Message 1100207 - Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 8:33:09 UTC - in response to Message 1100197.
And then there's boinccmd (the BOINC program directory needs to be in your path). Try boinccmd --set_run_mode mode duration set run mode for given duration mode = always \| auto \| never There should also be a command to suspend GPU processing only in newer versions than mine (5.10.45). Try boinccmd --help Gruß, Gundolf ____________ Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours
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-= Vyper =- Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Sep 99 Posts: 949 Credit: 234,754,947 RAC: 176,365	Message 1100220 - Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 9:52:07 UTC
This are my lines of doing it. A while back when boincmgr.exe and boinc.exe couldn't handle projects with a lots of download/uploads and workunits at the same time i couldn't even get boincmanager to do what i wanted because of the constant wait window appearing. That's why i needed a cmdline to suspend it. @ECHO OFF cd "c:\program files\boinc" boinccmd --host localhost --passwd xxxxxxx --project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu suspend EXIT Take care. Kind regards Vyper ____________ _________________________________________________________________________ Addicted to SETI crunching! Founder of GPU Users Group
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Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 774 Credit: 23,193,139 RAC: 0	Message 1100242 - Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 15:16:05 UTC
Copying-&-pasting the above gives "authorisation failure -155" (obviously I put my password in). Any ideas? Did cd\program files\boinc before as well btw. ____________
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Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 774 Credit: 23,193,139 RAC: 0	Message 1100255 - Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 16:38:45 UTC
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HAL9000 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 3279 Credit: 76,980,973 RAC: 78,483	Message 1100487 - Posted: 25 Apr 2011, 13:22:22 UTC - in response to Message 1100255.
It's alright I've done it. :D On a local host you don't need the host or password command. Also you only need to specify the project if you want to suspend that one project. Otherwise all projects will be suspended. You can read the full set of instructions here for all stuff you can do from the command line. ____________ SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the BP6/VP6 User Group today!
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Good morning, happy Easter & welcome back Debbie.

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Anyway, does anyone know if there is a cmd line to set BOINC to suspend? My idea is to add the line to a batch-file that I use to launch a game. Then there's no chance of science being lost due to computation errors during gaming (+ jerky framerates).

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Have you tried both <exclusive_....> Tags in cc_config.xml to stop crunching with the GPUs or CPUs or both
if you start an specific Application like a Game?

<exclusive_app>filename.exe</exclusive_app> BOINC will suspend computing whenever the executable is running (e.g., a game). Case is ignored in filenames. Multiple applications can be specified. <exclusive_gpu_app>important.exe</exclusive_gpu_app> BOINC will suspend use of GPUs whenever the executable is running.

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And then there's boinccmd (the BOINC program directory needs to be in your path). Try

boinccmd --set_run_mode mode duration set run mode for given duration mode = always | auto | never

There should also be a command to suspend GPU processing only in newer versions than mine (5.10.45). Try

boinccmd --help

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This are my lines of doing it.
A while back when boincmgr.exe and boinc.exe couldn't handle projects with a lots of download/uploads and workunits at the same time i couldn't even get boincmanager to do what i wanted because of the constant wait window appearing.

That's why i needed a cmdline to suspend it.

@ECHO OFF
cd "c:\program files\boinc"
boinccmd --host localhost --passwd xxxxxxx --project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu suspend
EXIT

Take care.

Kind regards Vyper
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Copying-&-pasting the above gives "authorisation failure -155" (obviously I put my password in). Any ideas? Did cd\program files\boinc before as well btw.
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It's alright I've done it.

:D
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On a local host you don't need the host or password command. Also you only need to specify the project if you want to suspend that one project. Otherwise all projects will be suspended. You can read the full set of instructions here for all stuff you can do from the command line.
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