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GHOST
06-22-2003, 02:37 PM
i would like to disable internet access / use the -ut switch. but before i do this i want to know what the -it switch is. does it have to do with internet access? do i need to remove it?

thanks

tpdooley
06-22-2003, 05:32 PM
.. hopefully, you're referring to "-i f" not "-it". Here's the nonent and upload command description from the readme1st.txt file in the folding directory.
and you can always cheat and use dfGUI 3.00/3.01 to create the foldit.bat file/service.cfg for you. (foldit for the text client; service.cfg for running the client as a service under NT).

Disabling Network access/Running offline
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If you are running on a machine behind a strong firewall, or a machine with
modem access to the internet, or no access at all, you may wish to tell the
client not to access the network. In this case, all attempts to access the
internet will be bypassed. Simply add '-i f' to the foldit script as
described above for other optional features. Eventually you will need to
either connect to the internet and remove the '-i f' option, or copy the
entire directory to another machine which is connected to the internet to
allow results to be uploaded. Then after the upload, copy the remnants
back to the original machine to a fresh directory to continue folding (and
delete the old directory from the offline machine now that it has been
uploaded).

Upload Only Option
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If you add '-u t' to the foldit script, the client will perform all normal
startup procedures such as checking for new versions and uploading buffered
data, but then it will exit before starting to generate any structures.
This may be useful for people making 3rd party interfaces to the software
or writing other sorts of scripts. The 'average' user probably will not use
this option.

GHOST
06-23-2003, 12:40 AM
boy, i sure had that backwards. thanks

GHOST
06-23-2003, 02:49 AM
whoa, i just looked in foldit file on my linux machine. has an -it switch. -qt -it -rt. running the linux text client. as i recall i did not edit foldit. just ran thru the opening set up.

what is -it?

tpdooley
06-23-2003, 04:18 AM
If you run foldtrajlite.exe in a dos box in windows.. it gives the command line options.
-i f = (internet off.. or False). aka nonet.
-i t = (internet on.. or True).

Is there a similar way of running Foldtrajlite.exe under Linux and getting the switches available under that OS?

Welnic
06-23-2003, 11:36 AM
In linux instead of the batch file foldit.bat there is just a script called foldit. That is what you run to start folding as it calls foldtrajlite with the right switches. Just edit it and add switches to the line with:
./foldtrajlite -f protein -n native

The switches are the same for all platforms.

Welnic
06-23-2003, 11:39 AM
Originally posted by GHOST
whoa, i just looked in foldit file on my linux machine. has an -it switch. -qt -it -rt. running the linux text client. as i recall i did not edit foldit. just ran thru the opening set up.

what is -it?

-it stands for internet: true as opposed to -if for internet: false. This switch doesn't actually have to be in there as the default is internet:true. I always use it though as changing to not being connected is the most common thing that I have to do and that makes it easier to remember what you have to change.