[OpenAFS] intermediate file updates

[Wim.Glassee]

The users only 'use' the programs on the cluster, they didn't write them,
so calling fflush() is not an option I'm afraid.

> If they fflush() the output file it should get written back to the
> server.
>
> -derek
>
> "Wim.Glassee" <glassee@uia.ua.ac.be> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running Sun Grid Engine on a linux cluster with AFS as distributed
> > file system. When a job is started on a cluster node, all output and error
> > messages are redirected to files. These files are in the cluster users'
> > home directory on AFS. I noticed that these files remain 0-length until
> > the job is finished. When I use NFS for this, they are updated
> > automatically. Is there any way to get the same behaviour in AFS, 'cause
> > the cluster users would like to find out what is happening in their job
> > while it's still running.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > wim
> >
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