LSF::Base - Access Platform Computing's LSF (Load Sharing Facility) Base API from Perl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This module is Copyright (C) 1999 by Paul Franceus This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. You can also distribute under the terms of the Artistic License detailed in the perl5 distribution itself. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the first version of this library. Most of the functions in the API have been implemented, but only a few have been tested, as you can see from the test.pl. The Testlist file shows which calls have been tested as of today. If you are interested in contributing at this point, you can: 1: Write some more tests so I can get this whole thing tested. 2: Flesh out the interfaces to a few calls that I haven't implemented yet, ls_loadinfo() being the most notable. 3: If you have ideas for improving the "perlishness" of the interface chime right in. 4: start working on LSF::Batch, although I'd appreciate if we agreed on an approach so that the API would remain consistent. Notes: I've only tested this on an IBM AIX 4.3.2 machine running perl 5.00403. It should be easily portable. You'll need to edit the Makefile.PL so it can find your version of the LSF includes and libraries. Any suggestions, comments, questions please send to me: Paul Franceus RABA Technologies, Inc. paul@raba.com