TaskForest::Job - A representation of a program that can be run by the operating system

 use TaskForest::Job;

 $job = TaskForest::Job->new(name => $job_name);
 # now $job->{status} eq 'Waiting'
 # and $job->check() == 0

If you're just looking to use the taskforest application, the only documentation you need to read is that for TaskForest. You can do this either of the two ways:

perldoc TaskForest

OR

man TaskForest

A job is a program that can be run. It is represented as a file in the files system whose name is the same as the job name. Most of the manipulation of the attributes of jobs is done by objects of type TaskForest::Family.

A job name may only contain the characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and '_'.

When a job is run by the run wrapper (bin/run), two status files are created in the log directory. The first is created when a job starts and has a name of $FamilyName.$JobName.pid. This file contains some attributes of the job. When the job completes, more attributes are written to this file. See the list of attributes below.

When the job completes, another file is written to the log directory. The name of this file will be $FamilyName.$JobName.0 if the job ran successfully, and $FamilyName.$JobName.1 if the job failed. In either case, the file will contain the exit code of the job (0 in the case of success and non-zero otherwise).

The system tracks the following properties of a job:

* Status.

Valid status are:

* Waiting

One or more dependencies of the job have not been met

* Ready

All dependencies have been met; the job will run the next time around.

* Running

The job is currently running

* Success

The job has run successfully

* Failure

The job was run, but the program exited with a non-zero return code

* Return Code

The exit code of the program associated with the job. 0 implies success. Anything else implies failure.

* Time Zone

The time zone with which this job's time dependency is tracked.

* Scheduled Start

The scheduled start time of the job, as specified in the family config file. This is to be interpreted with the timezone above.

* Actual Start

The time that the job actually started (in the timezone above).

* Stop Time

The time that the job completed (succeeded or faild).

new()

 Usage     : my $job = TaskForest::Job->new();
 Purpose   : The Job constructor creates a simple job data
             structure.  Other classes will set and examine status
             and return code. 
 Returns   : Self
 Argument  : None
 Throws    : "No job name specified" if the required parameter "name"
             is not provided. 

check()

 Usage     : $job->check();
 Purpose   : Checks to see whether the job succeeded.  Implies that
             it has already run.
 Returns   : 1 if it succeeded.  0 otherwise.
 Argument  : None
 Throws    : Nothing