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2020-02-11Using backup server when original download server failsMohammad Akhlaghi-1/+21
Until now, the main download script could only check one server for the given URL. However, ultimately the actual server that a file is downloaded from is irrelevant for this project: we actually check its checksum. Especially in the case of software (which are distributed over many servers), this can usually be very annoying: the servers may not properly communicate with the running system and even the 10 trials won't be enough. With this commit, the download script `reproduce/analysis/bash/download-multi-try' can take a new optional argument (a 5th argument). It assumes this argument is a space-separated list of server(s) to use as backup for the original URL. When downloading from the original URL fails, it will look into this list and try downloading the same file from each given server.
2020-01-01Copyright statements updated to include 2020Mohammad Akhlaghi-1/+1
Now that its 2020, its necessary to include this year in the copyright statements.
2019-10-02Possibile to use download-multi-try script without locksMohammad Akhlaghi-4/+11
Until now, this script would always only work with a file-lock. But in some scenarios, we might want to download in parallel. For example when the system has multiple ports to the internet. With this commit, we have added this feature: when the lockfile name is `nolock', it won't lock and will download in parallel.
2019-05-09download-multi-try now starts with a /bin/bash shebangMohammad Akhlaghi-0/+2
Until now, the `download-multi-try' script assumed GNU Bash features (when comparing the number of attempts at downloading), but it didn't explicitly ask the operating system to be run with Bash. As a result, when weaker shells were used (like the default Debian minimalist `dash' shell), the `>' ("larger than" operator in a math context) is interpreted a redirection and two extra files are created: `1' and `maxcount'! With this commit, we now start this script with `/bin/bash'. Ofcourse, this will assume that the host has GNU Bash installed, but we are also making this assumption in the configure script. So atleast for now, Bash (any version) is a critical dependency of this template anyway.
2019-04-15New architecture to separate software-building and analysis stepsMohammad Akhlaghi-0/+112
Until now, the software building and analysis steps of the pipeline were intertwined. However, these steps (of how to build a software, and how to use it) are logically completely independent. Therefore with this commit, the pipeline now has a new architecture (particularly in the `reproduce' directory) to emphasize this distinction: The `reproduce' directory now has the two `software' and `analysis' subdirectories and the respective parts of the previous architecture have been broken up between these two based on their function. There is also no more `src' directory. The `config' directory for software and analysis is now mixed with the language-specific directories. Also, some of the software versions were also updated after some checks with their webpages. This new architecture will allow much more focused work on each part of the pipeline (to install the software and to run them for an analysis).