Run folding as service

**Outlaw** · 03-04-2006, 11:37 PM

Don't know if similar exists, but here's a way to automate starting of Linux folding at home client for Deb and Fedora. Let me know If someting needs to be fixed. Not sure how to make sticky. Will a moderator please make sticky.

This is a way to use folding as a service in Linux if you prefer to have folding start automatically.

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Debian Instructions
===================

Download the Linux folding client
Place in /usr/local/bin
as root, run for first time manually and enter your user name and the team number. Then kill with ctrl-c

then copy and paste this script into /etc/init.d/folding

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Start Folding At Home execution
#

FAH=/usr/local/bin/FAH504-Linux.exe

check_binary() {
    if [ ! -e /usr/local/bin/FAH504-Linux.exe ]
        then
            echo "Folding binary is missing or has changed"
        exit
    fi
}

check_running() {
    COUNT=`ps -ef|grep [F]ah|wc -l`
    if [ $COUNT = 4 ]
    then
        RUN=1
    else
        RUN=0
    fi
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        check_running
            if [ $RUN = 1 ]
            then
                echo "Folding seems to be running already"
                exit
            else
                /usr/local/bin/FAH504-Linux.exe >/var/log/folding 2>&1 &
                exit
            fi
        ;;

    stop)
        check_running
            if [ $RUN = 1 ]
            then
                killall FAH504-Linux.exe
                exit
            else
                echo "Folding does not seem to be running"
                exit
            fi
        ;;

    status)
        check_running
            if [ $RUN = 1 ]
            then
                echo "Folding is running"
                tail -n 5 /var/log/folding|grep -i completed
                exit
            else
                echo "Folding does not seem to be running"
                exit
            fi
        ;;
esac

Use sysvconfig to add folding to startup

Code:

saturn:~# /etc/init.d/folding status
Folding is running
[22:15:27] Completed 0 out of 500000 steps  (0%)

Code:

saturn:~# /etc/init.d/folding stop
saturn:~# /etc/init.d/folding status
Folding does not seem to be running

Code:

saturn:~# /etc/init.d/folding start
saturn:~# /etc/init.d/folding status
Folding does not seem to be running
saturn:~# /etc/init.d/folding status
Folding is running
saturn:~# ps -ef|grep [F]ah
root     26971 26968  2 17:39 pts/64   00:00:00 ./FahCore_82.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -checkpoint 15 -lifeline 26967 -version 504
root     26977 26971  0 17:39 pts/64   00:00:00 ./FahCore_82.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -checkpoint 15 -lifeline 26967 -version 504
root     26978 26977 99 17:39 pts/64   00:00:14 ./FahCore_82.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -checkpoint 15 -lifeline 26967 -version 504
root     26979 26977  0 17:39 pts/64   00:00:00 ./FahCore_82.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -checkpoint 15 -lifeline 26967 -version 504

===================
Fedora Instructions
===================

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 35 56 56
# description: Start Folding At Home execution
#

FAH=/usr/local/bin/FAH504-Linux.exe

check_binary() {
    if [ ! -e /usr/local/bin/FAH504-Linux.exe ]
        then
            echo "Folding binary is missing or has changed"
        exit
    fi
}

check_running() {
    COUNT=`ps -ef|grep [F]ah|wc -l`
    if [ $COUNT = 4 ]
    then
        RUN=1
    else
        RUN=0
    fi
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        check_running
            if [ $RUN = 1 ]
            then
                echo "Folding seems to be running already"
                exit
            else
                /usr/local/bin/FAH504-Linux.exe >/var/log/folding 2>&1 &
                exit
            fi
        ;;

    stop)
        check_running
            if [ $RUN = 1 ]
            then
                killall FAH504-Linux.exe
                exit
            else
                echo "Folding does not seem to be running"
                exit
            fi
        ;;

    status)
        check_running
            if [ $RUN = 1 ]
            then
                echo "Folding is running"
                tail -n 5 /var/log/folding|grep -i completed
                exit
            else
                echo "Folding does not seem to be running"
                exit
            fi
        ;;
esac

Code:

[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# chmod 755 /etc/init.d/folding
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# chkconfig --add folding
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# chkconfig --list|grep folding
folding         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:off   5:on    6:off

Code:

[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding does not seem to be running
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding start
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding does not seem to be running
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding does not seem to be running
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding does not seem to be running
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding does not seem to be running
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding does not seem to be running
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding is running

[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding is running
[23:47:08] Completed 0 out of 500000 steps  (0%)

[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding stop
[root@Dell-i8500 ~]# service folding status
Folding does not seem to be running

**Compunuts** · 03-05-2006, 06:55 AM

Great, thanks. I will put that into my Ubuntu desktop.

**Compunuts** · 03-05-2006, 06:56 AM

Oh and when WiKi got working again, we can put that into DC WiKi as well.

**Outlaw** · 03-05-2006, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Compunuts

Oh and when WiKi got working again, we can put that into DC WiKi as well.

Done

**Compunuts** · 03-06-2006, 08:07 AM

I was doing it and only got it to creating headlines. Then my mouse in WinXP got stuck (can't copy and paste).

**Compunuts** · 03-10-2006, 05:53 AM

I'm using Ubuntu 5.10 and it didn't install sysvconfig package by default. One need to issue "sudo apt-get install sysvconfig" first before trying to configure F@H to start up.

I can't add this info to WiKi ATM so I'm just keeping a note just in case.