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| SMS commands | ecflow equivalent | comment | |
sms | ecflow_server | sms -b: dettach the server from the session to run it when user is logged out. nohup ecflow_server > out 2>&1 &: | |
| smsabort | ecflow_client --abort <reason> | user can benefit from knowing if the job stopped with "normal" abort or following the reception of a user signal (attempt to kill the task) or because of "early exit", when ecflow_client --complete is missing | |
| smsalive | <none> | task heart-bit, not used at the centre | |
| smscomplete | ecflow_client --complete | ||
| smsdate | <none> | not a child command - date manipulation utility, not part of ecFlow | |
| smsdie | <none> | clean RPC port - not needed with ecFlow | |
| smsevent <name> | ecflow_client --event=<name> | ||
| smsinit $PID | ecflow_client --init=<remote_job_id> | restricted to integer for SMS (use smsrid for string) | |
| smslabel <name> <string> | ecflow_client --label=<name> <string> | ||
| smsmeter <name> <step> | ecflow_client --meter=<name> <step> | ||
| smsmsg <string tokens> | ecflow_client --msg=<string> | ||
| smsping | ecflow_client --ping | ||
| smsrand | <none> | not a child command, used to introduce random task runtime, in test mode, for sms | |
| smsrid <string> | <none> | ecflow_client --init is used with string job id | |
| smsstatus <node path> | <none> | ecflow_client --get=<path> can be used to get node state | |
| smsvariable <string> <value> | <none> | variable is only updated by SMS, not created, and it must belong to the node ecflow_client --get=<path> can be used to get variable value, create or update any variable | |
| smswait <trigger expression> | ecflow_client --wait=<string> | sms expects string tokens, builds up the related tree, checks its value on the server, ecFlow expect one string containing the trigger expression to check |
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