[Users] simfactory: adding new machine?

[Bernard Kelly]

Thanks Bruno, Frank.

I actually read & followed the EinsteinToolkit documentation you pointed 
to, but it omitted the very first part:

  $mdb::machine_database{'discover'} = $udb_generic;

Perhaps this could be added to that page?

Bernard

On 7/28/10 4:03 PM, Bruno Coutinho Mundim wrote:
> Bernard Kelly wrote:
>    
>> What's the proper method for adding a new machine?
>>      
> As Frank just mentioned, you set at udb.pm (that you copy from the
> udb.example.pm template):
>
>     $mdb::machine_database{'discover'} = $udb_generic;
>
> Now you need to add the several different options regarding that
> machine. You use then the set_option command there.
>
> There is a short text at the end of
>
> http://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Tutorial_for_New_Users
>
> showing how to modify the options for a particular user on Ranger.
> You may use it as a model when setting it up for your machine.
>
>
> Do I actually have to
>    
>> add to the "mdb.pm" file?
>>      
> No. You can look there for examples on how the options are set for
> several different machines. It is a database file that could be very
> helpful.
>
> Cheers... Bruno.
>    


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