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Charlieboy161
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Hello
----------------------------------------Is it possible to shut down the computer automaticly when the current work is finished on Boinc? (I'm on mac OSx) [Edit 1 times, last edit by Charlieboy161 at Oct 11, 2009 10:11:44 PM] |
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Former Member
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That would be a cool feature! I know there are apps out there that do that like WS_FTP, you can tell it to close the app or power down after it's done with the transfer.
I don't think BOINC has that capability though. |
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Ingleside
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Hello Is it possible to shut down the computer automaticly when the current work is finished on Boinc? (I'm on mac OSx) Hmm, no idea how (and if) this option works, but BOINC does include a debug-option of --exit_when_idle, see http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration#Command-line_options So, if this option exits BOINC-client as it should, the other part would be to have a Mac-tool you can execute from command-line, that shuts-down the mac... No idea if macs includes this as default, or maybe it's possible to find somewhere on the net such a tool... If both things works, would guess it's possible even on a mac to make a small batch-file to execute commands in order, there one command starts boinc-client with --exit_when_idle, and next command is executed when BOINC-client exits again, and this command shuts-down the mac...  "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might." |
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Sekerob
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Hello Is it possible to shut down the computer automaticly when the current work is finished on Boinc? (I'm on mac OSx) Charlieboy161 Your Device Profile can be configured to pause BOINC after X minutes of in-use of keyboard/mouse. That puts BOINC to sleep which then allows your operating system to take the computer into hibernation if it's configured to do so. BOINC itself is not now or in the future likely ever to tell your computer to switch off. Too many issues. BOINC would not know if it's okay. Hibernation is great, my laptop uses this, so it can resume from the last second of computing, not from the last checkpoint saved by BOINC. That wins many minutes per boot depending on the checkpoint save frequency. edit: The Power Saving Preset profile uses this feature. Default sleep is 20 minutes. You can set it to anything through customs. The field is called "Stop work after computer is idle for: 20 minutes" and obviously, if you have it set to only compute when idle, your daily computing time will be very short ;>)
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Totally agree with sekerob, top reply; hibernation is a great option, if that will do? There are several configurable power options to consider/explore with Vista and Win7.
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