Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #32835

Re: interruptable process?

From	Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: interruptable process?
Date	2015-10-08 14:27 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<mv6cf4$rrg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<2b8f6bec-f879-4c13-97c5-60555f9a9ccb@googlegroups.com> <mv5s88$phe$1@dont-email.me> <1dcc94ee-d9c8-49f0-80b7-64b99c5fb102@googlegroups.com>

Show all headers | View raw

On 10/08/2015 10:39 AM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 9:51:16 AM UTC-4, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> On 10/08/2015 08:27 AM, Eric Douglas wrote:
>>> We currently have an admin user logged into a server.  In that user's session we're running a command (ie DOS) script.  That script runs an infinite loop.  In each iteration of the loop it checks a folder for files.  If it finds files it starts a Blender process to render one.  If we need to cancel a render, we log on to that server and connect to that session, select that command window and press ctrl + break, then delete the file.  The loop continues checking for files.
>>>
>>> What could be the best way to rewrite this?  We need this to be a background process which allows a user to remotely cancel the render from their pc.  I could do this with a Java program, or is there a scripting version that makes sense?
>>>
>>
>> <https://github.com/GSORF/renderfarm>
>
> That looks very interesting, but currently we're only using the one server machine to render (SLI, Geforce 970 x 2).  The user drops blend files into a folder and a process on the server checks for them and starts a new render if it's not already running one.  The user needs to be able to stop a render in progress (I didn't see that option in GSORF), and it should auto-delete the input to look for a new one.
>

I guess I'm missing something.

SCRIPT spins waiting for JOB REQUESTS.

JOB REQUEST ::=
REQUESTOR_ID
JOB_ID
JOB_DESCRIPTION

JEFF, 00989, PROCESS BLENDFILEPATH : OUTPUT OUTPATH : NOTIFY COMPLETION

JEFF, 00989, CANCEL

Thread

interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 05:27 -0700
  Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-08 09:50 -0400
    Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 07:39 -0700
      Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:27 -0400
        Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 11:58 -0700
          Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-08 15:10 -0400
          Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-08 15:22 -0400
            Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 12:40 -0700
              Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-08 16:21 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-08 16:55 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-08 21:15 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-09 09:41 +0000
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 05:12 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-09 13:52 +0000
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 09:08 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 12:43 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 13:23 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2015-10-09 18:26 +0200
                Re: interruptable process? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2015-10-09 18:30 +0200
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 10:31 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-09 23:13 +0000
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 05:09 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 10:25 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2015-10-09 20:04 +0200
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:23 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:30 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 08:38 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 05:18 -0700
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 08:46 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 08:59 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 11:06 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 13:54 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-09 14:59 -0400
                Re: interruptable process? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 12:13 -0700

csiph-web