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Some sms child commands (meter, event) have a query option. ecFlow relies on the job using ‘ecflow_client –get=<path>’ to obtain the same information:
SMS commands | ecflow equivalent | comment |
|---|---|---|
| sms | ecflow_server | sms -b: detach the server from session nohup ecflow_server > out 2>&1 &: |
| smsabort | ecflow_client –abort =<reason> | ecflow provides a reason which can be made visible in the GUI |
| smsalive | <none> | task heart-bit, not used at the centre |
| smscompletre | 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=<rid> | restricted to integer for SMS (use smsrid for string) |
| smslabel <name> <string> | ecflow_client –label=<n> <s> | |
| smsmeter <name> <step> | ecflow_client –meter=<n> <s> | |
| 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,
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