Changes between Version 283 and Version 284 of ippToPsps

Timestamp:

Apr 5, 2012, 4:08:00 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

rhenders

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 Another configuration is used to describe a particular 'loading campaign', complete with the names of databases, location of output files, datastore settings etc. This configuration is stored in the {{{ippToPsps}}} database. Details can be found [wiki:ippToPsps_Database#Theconfigtable here]. All {{{ippToPsps}}} programs require the name of a config at startup as the first argument. Changes to the config can be made at any time, and programs will update accordingly. Most fields are self-explanatory.
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+All {{{ippToPsps}}} programs take a config argument. This can be one of three things:
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+ * the name of a particular config currently in the [wiki:ippToPsps_Database#Theconfigtable config table of the database], meaning that program will run using only that config
+ * '''all''' meaning that program will cycle through all 'active' configs
+ * '''edit''' allows the user to edit, or create, a config then the program proceeds to use that config
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+The 'all' option is handy for programs like {{{metrics.py}}} or {{{cleanup.py}}}; instead of having an intance of these programs per config, one instance can cycle through them all. The {{{edit}}} option can be used when creating a config for the first time, or to edit an existing one.
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 == Databases ==