Submission Interface

The Submission Interface allows direct submission of tasks for distributed execution by XGE. This interface allows easy distribution from batch files, scripts and custom tools.
With this interface, calls to distributable command lines are replaced with calls to xgSubmit.exe accepting the original command line as input. Each call to xgSubmit.exe queues the specified command line for distributed execution. XGWait.exe can be called from the script to pause execution until a specified group of tasks has completed (allowing dependencies between groups of tasks). Finally, the script/tool itself is called using xgConsole.exe. As with all XGE interfaces, all remotely performed tasks fully emulate the initiating machine's environment and file system, eliminating the need to copy files or install applications on remote machines.

Highlights:

• Simple integration to any script or tool.
• Allows acceleration of make tools (such as Microsoft NMAKE) which do not support Local Parallel Task Execution.
• Command files allow fast and efficient submission of large sets of commands.

Use this Interface if:

1. You wish to speed up builds run by make tools which do not support Local Parallel Task Execution (like Microsoft NMAKE).
2. You wish to distribute a process running through a batch file or script.
3. You wish to distribute a process running through a custom application, and prefer the direct submission interface over creating an XML file describing the tasks to be distributed or over customizing your tool to support Local Parallel Task Execution.

Contents of This Section: