Boinc config file location

If you need total control and don't mind XML, you can set computing preferences by creating an XML document on the computer. These only apply to the project you set them at.

To edit project preferences, log in to the project web site. Go to your Account page and click on the link next to "Preferences for this project". Note: the wording and links may be different on some projects. At least World Community Grid has them in a completely different place. The BOINC preferences system lets you create separate sets of preferences for different "locations": home, work, and school.

Computers can be assigned to any of these locations, and the associated preferences are used for it. If a computer is not assigned a location, it uses the "default" preference set. A change to a computer's location will take effect only when that computer contacts the server; you can make this happen immediately using the BOINC Manager's Update command. Your account has a 'default location' home, work, or school. Warning: Do check your system for other applications with the same name. Since there will be no path used, any application with this name will suspend BOINC, not just the one you want like a game.

One line per application. Used for testing only. Valid parameters are:. Reminder: Zero will disable device zero, it does not disable the line, only removal does.

Sizes are in bytes, so 2MB would be This is for debugging, i. For example, a Win64 machine will run only Win64 apps, and not Win New in 6. Use when running on grid nodes. Used in combination with command line arguments. Without this flag, if OS secure random functions aren't available, the client will fall back to a random-string generator based on time of day, free disk space, and other host-specific information.

The element has the following form:. Default is 10; set it larger if you run long high-priority tasks. Using this option increases the load on project servers, and should generally be avoided.

It is available with 7. All the tags use lowercase characters. When you want to use any, remove the square brackets. This file is used mainly by branded clients to set special values used to determine and report whether there is a newer version available for download. It can contain one or more of the following settings. More detailed control, and the ability to interact with a running client, is provided by the boinccmd tool.

The following options cause the client to perform an action on startup. NOTE: these will fail if there's already a client running on this host.