ScriptingClient(1)

👑 ScriptingClient(1) — it's giving "RSerPool client, but make it iconic"

okay bestie, so you've stumbled into the manual page for scriptingclient 💅 — it lives in section 1 of the General Commands Manual (the "general commands" shelf, where all the everyday baddies hang out). Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get you fluent.

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✨ NAME ✨

scriptingclient — the RSerPool Client (PU) for the Scripting service. No cap, that's the whole name. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

scriptingclient [-poolhandle=pool_handle] [-environment=file_name]
                [-input=file_name] [-output=file_name] [-quiet]
                [-maxretry=trials] [-retrydelay=milliseconds]
                [-runid=description] [-transmittimeout=milliseconds]
                [-keepaliveinterval=milliseconds] [-keepalivetimeout=milliseconds]
                [-cspinterval=milliseconds]
                [-cspserver=address:port] [-logappend=filename]
                [-logcolor=on|off] [-logfile=filename] [-loglevel=0-9]

(that shot on the fence is just me being silly, the actual line is plain shell, don't @ me)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so scriptingclient is a Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) pool user — a PU — built for the scripting service. and what does the scripting service do, you ask? 🦋 it literally takes your input data, hands it to a scripting PE, that PE runs a script doing some genuinely useful work on the input data, and then it sends output data back. that's it, that's the whole vibe.

like, for example? distributed simulation processing. imagine a simulation just getting passed around the pool like it's a snack at a sleepover. iconic behavior. 🔥

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

here's the menu, bestie — every single option, no gatekeeping:

• -poolhandle=pool_handle — sets the PH to a non-default value. otherwise? the default setting is "ScriptingPool". you leave it alone, it stays "ScriptingPool". periodt.

🌈 Service Parameters 🌈

• -environment=file_name — sets the name of the environment file to upload to the PE. and get this 💜 — the PE may cache that environment file, which means it can skip uploading the same environment file again next time. lowkey efficiency queen.
• -input=file_name — sets the name of the input file to upload to the PE.
• -output=file_name — sets the name of the output file to write the download from the PE to.
• -quiet — turns on quiet mode. i.e. only limited information is printed. shy main character energy 🙈.
• -maxretry=trials — maximum number of retries upon errors on the remote site. important detail fr fr: the error counter only increments when the remote-side script returns a non-zero error code. and when the error limit is reached, the received output file will be downloaded for debugging purposes. yes, debugging. it's giving detective. 🕵️‍♀️
• -retrydelay=milliseconds — sets the retry delay upon failover, in milliseconds.
• -runid=description — adds the given description to all log lines of the scripting service PU operation. super useful when multiple PUs are running simultaneously and you're like "wait which one is which 😭".
• -transmittimeout=milliseconds — sets the transmission timeout, in milliseconds.
• -keepaliveinterval=milliseconds — sets the keep-alive interval, in milliseconds.
• -keepalivetimeout=milliseconds — sets the keep-alive timeout, in milliseconds.

⭐ ASAP Protocol Parameters ⭐

• -registrar=address:port — adds a static PR entry into the Registrar Table. and yes, it is possible to add multiple entries. stack 'em up bestie 🫶.
• -registrarannouncetimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for ASAP announces via multicast.
• -registrarconnecttimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for ASAP connection establishment.
• -registrarconnectmaxtrials=trials — sets the maximum number of ASAP connection establishment trials.
• -registrarrequesttimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for ASAP requests.
• -registrarresponsetimeout=milliseconds — sets the timeout for waiting to receive ASAP responses.
• -registrarrequestmaxtrials=trials — sets the maximum number of ASAP request trials.

🦋 Component Status Protocol (CSP) Parameters 🦋

• -cspinterval=milliseconds — sets the interval for the CSP status updates, in milliseconds. by default, the content of the environment variable CSP_INTERVAL is used. and if that's not defined? no CSP status reports will be sent. zero. nada. 💀
• -cspserver=address:port — sets the address of a CSP monitor server. by default, the content of the environment variable CSP_SERVER is used. and if that's not defined? again — no CSP status reports will be sent.

🎀 Logging Parameters 🎀

• -logappend=filename — writes logging output to a file (default is stdout); the output will be appended to the given file. not overwritten, appended. know the difference, it matters 💖.
• -logcolor=on|off — turns ANSI colorization of the logging output on or off. pick your fighter: on or off.
• -logfile=filename — writes logging output to a file (default is stdout); the given file will be overwritten. bestie. OVERWRITTEN. ⚠️ don't say i didn't warn you.
• -loglevel=0-9 — sets the logging verbosity from 0 (none) to 9 (very verbose). and a genuine recommendation here, not a vibe: it is recommended to use at least a value of 2 so you can actually see possibly important error messages and warnings. you want to know when things break, fr fr 🔥.

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🌱 ENVIRONMENT 🌱

scriptingclient uses the environment variables CSP_SERVER and CSP_INTERVAL to define a CSP server to send reports to, in the specified interval. that's the whole environment tea. 🍵

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👑 DIAGNOSTICS 👑

if loglevel>0, log messages will be printed to stdout or into a specified log file. simple as that, no plot twist. ✨

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

for a detailed introduction to RSerPool, see: https://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-16326/Dre2006_final.pdf

Thomas Dreibholz's RSerPool Page: https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/rserpool/

go read them, i know you want to, it's giving academic slay 📚💜

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🌟 and that's the page, bestie! this whole thing came from the Scripting Client source, dated September 21, 2025 — it's section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and you just read it all. obsessed with you for that. bye pookie, go run something 💅🎀🦋