zombie_fob

Output of --help=zombie_fob

The following help text is generated by ecflow_client --help=zombie_fob

zombie_fob
----------

Locates the task in the servers list of zombies, and sets to fob.
This default behaviour of the child commands(label,event,meter) is to fob
Next time the child commands (init,event,meter,label,abort,complete,wait,queue) communicate
with the server, they will complete successfully (but without updating the node tree)
allowing the job to finish.
The references to the zombie in the server is automatically deleted after 1 hour
  args = list of task paths, at least one expected
  --zombie_fob=/path/to/task1 /path/to/task2

The client considers, for both user and child commands, the following environment variables:

  ECF_HOST <string> [mandatory*]
    The main server hostname; default value is 'localhost'
  ECF_PORT <int> [mandatory*]
    The main server port; default value is '3141'
  ECF_SSL <any> [optional*]
    Enable secure communication between client and server.
  ECF_HOSTFILE <string> [optional]
    File that lists alternate hosts to try, if connection to main host fails
  ECF_HOSTFILE_POLICY <string> [optional]
    The policy ('task' or 'all') to define which commands consider using alternate hosts.

The options marked with (*) must be specified in order for the client to communicate
with the server, either by setting the environment variables or by specifying the
command line options.