source: trunk/jobmond/jobmond.py @ 362

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# This file is part of Jobmonarch
#
# Copyright (C) 2006  Ramon Bastiaans
# 
# Jobmonarch is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# 
# Jobmonarch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# 
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
# 
# SVN $Id: jobmond.py 362 2007-06-08 14:25:07Z bastiaans $
#

import sys, getopt, ConfigParser
import time, os, socket, string, re
import xdrlib, socket
import xml, xml.sax
from xml.sax import saxutils, make_parser
from xml.sax import make_parser
from xml.sax.handler import feature_namespaces

def usage():

        print
        print 'usage: jobmond [options]'
        print 'options:'
        print '      --config, -c      configuration file'
        print '      --pidfile, -p     pid file'
        print '      --help, -h        help'
        print

def processArgs( args ):

        SHORT_L         = 'hc:'
        LONG_L          = [ 'help', 'config=' ]

        global PIDFILE
        PIDFILE         = None

        config_filename = '/etc/jobmond.conf'

        try:

                opts, args      = getopt.getopt( args, SHORT_L, LONG_L )

        except getopt.GetoptError, detail:

                print detail
                usage()
                sys.exit( 1 )

        for opt, value in opts:

                if opt in [ '--config', '-c' ]:
                
                        config_filename = value

                if opt in [ '--pidfile', '-p' ]:

                        PIDFILE         = value
                
                if opt in [ '--help', '-h' ]:
 
                        usage()
                        sys.exit( 0 )

        return loadConfig( config_filename )

def loadConfig( filename ):

        def getlist( cfg_string ):

                my_list = [ ]

                for item_txt in cfg_string.split( ',' ):

                        sep_char = None

                        item_txt = item_txt.strip()

                        for s_char in [ "'", '"' ]:

                                if item_txt.find( s_char ) != -1:

                                        if item_txt.count( s_char ) != 2:

                                                print 'Missing quote: %s' %item_txt
                                                sys.exit( 1 )

                                        else:

                                                sep_char = s_char
                                                break

                        if sep_char:

                                item_txt = item_txt.split( sep_char )[1]

                        my_list.append( item_txt )

                return my_list

        cfg             = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()

        cfg.read( filename )

        global DEBUG_LEVEL, DAEMONIZE, BATCH_SERVER, BATCH_POLL_INTERVAL
        global GMOND_CONF, DETECT_TIME_DIFFS, BATCH_HOST_TRANSLATE
        global BATCH_API, QUEUE, GMETRIC_TARGET

        DEBUG_LEVEL     = cfg.getint( 'DEFAULT', 'DEBUG_LEVEL' )

        DAEMONIZE       = cfg.getboolean( 'DEFAULT', 'DAEMONIZE' )

        try:

                BATCH_SERVER            = cfg.get( 'DEFAULT', 'BATCH_SERVER' )

        except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:

                # Backwards compatibility for old configs
                #

                BATCH_SERVER            = cfg.get( 'DEFAULT', 'TORQUE_SERVER' )
                api_guess               = 'pbs'
        
        try:
        
                BATCH_POLL_INTERVAL     = cfg.getint( 'DEFAULT', 'BATCH_POLL_INTERVAL' )

        except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:

                # Backwards compatibility for old configs
                #

                BATCH_POLL_INTERVAL     = cfg.getint( 'DEFAULT', 'TORQUE_POLL_INTERVAL' )
                api_guess               = 'pbs'
        
        try:

                GMOND_CONF              = cfg.get( 'DEFAULT', 'GMOND_CONF' )

        except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:

                GMOND_CONF              = None

        DETECT_TIME_DIFFS       = cfg.getboolean( 'DEFAULT', 'DETECT_TIME_DIFFS' )

        BATCH_HOST_TRANSLATE    = getlist( cfg.get( 'DEFAULT', 'BATCH_HOST_TRANSLATE' ) )

        try:

                BATCH_API       = cfg.get( 'DEFAULT', 'BATCH_API' )

        except ConfigParser.NoOptionError, detail:

                if BATCH_SERVER and api_guess:

                        BATCH_API       = api_guess
                else:
                        debug_msg( 0, "fatal error: BATCH_API not set and can't make guess" )
                        sys.exit( 1 )

        try:

                QUEUE           = getlist( cfg.get( 'DEFAULT', 'QUEUE' ) )

        except ConfigParser.NoOptionError, detail:

                QUEUE           = None

        try:

                GMETRIC_TARGET  = cfg.get( 'DEFAULT', 'GMETRIC_TARGET' )

        except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:

                GMETRIC_TARGET  = None

                if not GMOND_CONF:

                        debug_msg( 0, "fatal error: GMETRIC_TARGET or GMOND_CONF both not set!" )
                        sys.exit( 1 )
                else:

                        debug_msg( 0, "error: GMETRIC_TARGET not set: internel Gmetric handling aborted. Failing back to DEPRECATED use of gmond.conf/gmetric binary. This will slow down jobmond significantly!" )

        return True

METRIC_MAX_VAL_LEN = 900

class DataProcessor:

        """Class for processing of data"""

        binary = '/usr/bin/gmetric'

        def __init__( self, binary=None ):

                """Remember alternate binary location if supplied"""

                if binary:
                        self.binary = binary

                # Timeout for XML
                #
                # From ganglia's documentation:
                #
                # 'A metric will be deleted DMAX seconds after it is received, and
                # DMAX=0 means eternal life.'

                self.dmax = str( int( int( BATCH_POLL_INTERVAL ) * 2 ) )

                if GMOND_CONF:

                        try:
                                gmond_file = GMOND_CONF

                        except NameError:
                                gmond_file = '/etc/gmond.conf'

                        if not os.path.exists( gmond_file ):
                                debug_msg( 0, 'fatal error: ' + gmond_file + ' does not exist' )
                                sys.exit( 1 )

                        incompatible = self.checkGmetricVersion()

                        if incompatible:

                                debug_msg( 0, 'Gmetric version not compatible, please upgrade to at least 3.0.1' )
                                sys.exit( 1 )

        def checkGmetricVersion( self ):

                """
                Check version of gmetric is at least 3.0.1
                for the syntax we use
                """

                global METRIC_MAX_VAL_LEN

                incompatible    = 0

                gfp             = os.popen( self.binary + ' --version' )
                lines           = gfp.readlines()

                gfp.close()

                for line in lines:

                        line = line.split( ' ' )

                        if len( line ) == 2 and str( line ).find( 'gmetric' ) != -1:
                        
                                gmetric_version = line[1].split( '\n' )[0]

                                version_major   = int( gmetric_version.split( '.' )[0] )
                                version_minor   = int( gmetric_version.split( '.' )[1] )
                                version_patch   = int( gmetric_version.split( '.' )[2] )

                                incompatible    = 0

                                if version_major < 3:

                                        incompatible = 1
                                
                                elif version_major == 3:

                                        if version_minor == 0:

                                                if version_patch < 1:
                                                
                                                        incompatible = 1

                                                if version_patch < 3:

                                                        METRIC_MAX_VAL_LEN = 900

                                                elif version_patch >= 3:

                                                        METRIC_MAX_VAL_LEN = 1400

                return incompatible

        def multicastGmetric( self, metricname, metricval, valtype='string' ):

                """Call gmetric binary and multicast"""

                cmd = self.binary

                if GMETRIC_TARGET:

                        from gmetric import Gmetric

                if GMETRIC_TARGET:

                        GMETRIC_TARGET_HOST     = GMETRIC_TARGET.split( ':' )[0]
                        GMETRIC_TARGET_PORT     = GMETRIC_TARGET.split( ':' )[1]

                        metric_debug            = "[gmetric] name: %s - val: %s - dmax: %s" %( str( metricname ), str( metricval ), str( self.dmax ) )

                        debug_msg( 10, printTime() + ' ' + metric_debug)

                        gm = Gmetric( GMETRIC_TARGET_HOST, GMETRIC_TARGET_PORT )

                        gm.send( str( metricname ), str( metricval ), str( self.dmax ) )

                else:
                        try:
                                cmd = cmd + ' -c' + GMOND_CONF

                        except NameError:

                                debug_msg( 10, 'Assuming /etc/gmond.conf for gmetric cmd (ommitting)' )

                        cmd = cmd + ' -n' + str( metricname )+ ' -v"' + str( metricval )+ '" -t' + str( valtype ) + ' -d' + str( self.dmax )

                        debug_msg( 10, printTime() + ' ' + cmd )

                        os.system( cmd )

class DataGatherer:

        """Skeleton class for batch system DataGatherer"""

        def printJobs( self, jobs ):

                """Print a jobinfo overview"""

                for name, attrs in self.jobs.items():

                        print 'job %s' %(name)

                        for name, val in attrs.items():

                                print '\t%s = %s' %( name, val )

        def printJob( self, jobs, job_id ):

                """Print job with job_id from jobs"""

                print 'job %s' %(job_id)

                for name, val in jobs[ job_id ].items():

                        print '\t%s = %s' %( name, val )

        def daemon( self ):

                """Run as daemon forever"""

                # Fork the first child
                #
                pid = os.fork()
                if pid > 0:
                        sys.exit(0)  # end parent

                # creates a session and sets the process group ID
                #
                os.setsid()

                # Fork the second child
                #
                pid = os.fork()
                if pid > 0:
                        sys.exit(0)  # end parent

                write_pidfile()

                # Go to the root directory and set the umask
                #
                os.chdir('/')
                os.umask(0)

                sys.stdin.close()
                sys.stdout.close()
                sys.stderr.close()

                os.open('/dev/null', os.O_RDWR)
                os.dup2(0, 1)
                os.dup2(0, 2)

                self.run()

        def run( self ):

                """Main thread"""

                while ( 1 ):
                
                        self.getJobData()
                        self.submitJobData()
                        time.sleep( BATCH_POLL_INTERVAL )       

class SgeQstatXMLParser(xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler):

        """Babu Sundaram's experimental SGE qstat XML parser"""

        def __init__(self, qstatinxml):

                self.qstatfile = qstatinxml
                self.attribs = {}
                self.value = ''
                self.jobID = ''
                self.currentJobInfo = ''
                self.job_list = []
                self.EOFFlag = 0
                self.jobinfoCount = 0


        def startElement(self, name, attrs):

                if name == 'job_list':
                        self.currentJobInfo = 'Status=' + attrs.get('state', None) + ' '
                elif name == 'job_info':
                        self.job_list = []
                        self.jobinfoCount += 1

        def characters(self, ch):

                self.value = self.value + ch

        def endElement(self, name):

                if len(self.value.strip()) > 0 :

                        self.currentJobInfo += name + '=' + self.value.strip() + ' '         
                elif name != 'job_list':

                        self.currentJobInfo += name + '=Unknown '

                if name == 'JB_job_number':

                        self.jobID = self.value.strip()
                        self.job_list.append(self.jobID)          

                if name == 'job_list':

                        if self.attribs.has_key(self.jobID) == False:
                                self.attribs[self.jobID] = self.currentJobInfo
                        elif self.attribs.has_key(self.jobID) and self.attribs[self.jobID] != self.currentJobInfo:
                                self.attribs[self.jobID] = self.currentJobInfo
                        self.currentJobInfo = ''
                        self.jobID = ''

                elif name == 'job_info' and self.jobinfoCount == 2:

                        deljobs = []
                        for id in self.attribs:
                                try:
                                        self.job_list.index(str(id))
                                except ValueError:
                                        deljobs.append(id)
                        for i in deljobs:
                                del self.attribs[i]
                        deljobs = []
                        self.jobinfoCount = 0

                self.value = ''

class SgeDataGatherer(DataGatherer):

        jobs = { }
        SGE_QSTAT_XML_FILE      = '/tmp/.jobmonarch.sge.qstat'

        def __init__( self ):
                """Setup appropriate variables"""

                self.jobs = { }
                self.timeoffset = 0
                self.dp = DataProcessor()
                self.initSgeJobInfo()

        def initSgeJobInfo( self ):
                """This is outside the scope of DRMAA; Get the current jobs in SGE"""
                """This is a hack because we cant get info about jobs beyond"""
                """those in the current DRMAA session"""

                self.qstatparser = SgeQstatXMLParser( self.SGE_QSTAT_XML_FILE )

                # Obtain the qstat information from SGE in XML format
                # This would change to DRMAA-specific calls from 6.0u9

        def getJobData(self):
                """Gather all data on current jobs in SGE"""

                # Get the information about the current jobs in the SGE queue
                info = os.popen("qstat -ext -xml").readlines()
                f = open(self.SGE_QSTAT_XML_FILE,'w')
                for lines in info:
                        f.write(lines)
                f.close()

                # Parse the input
                f = open(self.qstatparser.qstatfile, 'r')
                xml.sax.parse(f, self.qstatparser)
                f.close()

                self.cur_time = time.time()

                return self.qstatparser.attribs

        def submitJobData(self):
                """Submit job info list"""

                self.dp.multicastGmetric( 'MONARCH-HEARTBEAT', str( int( int( self.cur_time ) + int( self.timeoffset ) ) ) )
                # Now let's spread the knowledge
                #
                metric_increment = 0
                for jobid, jobattrs in self.qstatparser.attribs.items():

                        self.dp.multicastGmetric( 'MONARCH-JOB-' + jobid + '-' + str(metric_increment), jobattrs)

class PbsDataGatherer( DataGatherer ):

        """This is the DataGatherer for PBS and Torque"""

        global PBSQuery

        def __init__( self ):

                """Setup appropriate variables"""

                self.jobs       = { }
                self.timeoffset = 0
                self.dp         = DataProcessor()

                self.initPbsQuery()

        def initPbsQuery( self ):

                self.pq         = None

                if( BATCH_SERVER ):

                        self.pq         = PBSQuery( BATCH_SERVER )
                else:
                        self.pq         = PBSQuery()

        def getAttr( self, attrs, name ):

                """Return certain attribute from dictionary, if exists"""

                if attrs.has_key( name ):

                        return attrs[ name ]
                else:
                        return ''

        def jobDataChanged( self, jobs, job_id, attrs ):

                """Check if job with attrs and job_id in jobs has changed"""

                if jobs.has_key( job_id ):

                        oldData = jobs[ job_id ]        
                else:
                        return 1

                for name, val in attrs.items():

                        if oldData.has_key( name ):

                                if oldData[ name ] != attrs[ name ]:

                                        return 1

                        else:
                                return 1

                return 0

        def getJobData( self ):

                """Gather all data on current jobs in Torque"""

                joblist         = {}
                self.cur_time   = 0

                try:
                        joblist         = self.pq.getjobs()
                        self.cur_time   = time.time()

                except PBSError, detail:

                        debug_msg( 10, "Caught PBS unavailable, skipping until next polling interval: " + str( detail ) )
                        return None

                jobs_processed  = [ ]

                for name, attrs in joblist.items():

                        job_id                  = name.split( '.' )[0]

                        jobs_processed.append( job_id )

                        name                    = self.getAttr( attrs, 'Job_Name' )
                        queue                   = self.getAttr( attrs, 'queue' )

                        if QUEUE:

                                if QUEUE != queue:

                                        continue

                        owner                   = self.getAttr( attrs, 'Job_Owner' ).split( '@' )[0]
                        requested_time          = self.getAttr( attrs, 'Resource_List.walltime' )
                        requested_memory        = self.getAttr( attrs, 'Resource_List.mem' )

                        mynoderequest           = self.getAttr( attrs, 'Resource_List.nodes' )

                        ppn                     = ''

                        if mynoderequest.find( ':' ) != -1 and mynoderequest.find( 'ppn' ) != -1:

                                mynoderequest_fields    = mynoderequest.split( ':' )

                                for mynoderequest_field in mynoderequest_fields:

                                        if mynoderequest_field.find( 'ppn' ) != -1:

                                                ppn     = mynoderequest_field.split( 'ppn=' )[1]

                        status                  = self.getAttr( attrs, 'job_state' )

                        queued_timestamp        = self.getAttr( attrs, 'ctime' )

                        if status == 'R':

                                start_timestamp         = self.getAttr( attrs, 'mtime' )
                                nodes                   = self.getAttr( attrs, 'exec_host' ).split( '+' )

                                nodeslist               = [ ]

                                for node in nodes:

                                        host            = node.split( '/' )[0]

                                        if nodeslist.count( host ) == 0:

                                                for translate_pattern in BATCH_HOST_TRANSLATE:

                                                        if translate_pattern.find( '/' ) != -1:

                                                                translate_orig  = translate_pattern.split( '/' )[1]
                                                                translate_new   = translate_pattern.split( '/' )[2]

                                                                host            = re.sub( translate_orig, translate_new, host )
                                
                                                if not host in nodeslist:
                                
                                                        nodeslist.append( host )

                                if DETECT_TIME_DIFFS:

                                        # If a job start if later than our current date,
                                        # that must mean the Torque server's time is later
                                        # than our local time.
                                
                                        if int( start_timestamp ) > int( int( self.cur_time ) + int( self.timeoffset ) ):

                                                self.timeoffset = int( int(start_timestamp) - int(self.cur_time) )

                        elif status == 'Q':

                                start_timestamp         = ''
                                count_mynodes           = 0
                                numeric_node            = 1

                                for node in mynoderequest.split( '+' ):

                                        nodepart        = node.split( ':' )[0]

                                        for letter in nodepart:

                                                if letter not in string.digits:

                                                        numeric_node    = 0

                                        if not numeric_node:

                                                count_mynodes   = count_mynodes + 1
                                        else:
                                                try:
                                                        count_mynodes   = count_mynodes + int( nodepart )

                                                except ValueError, detail:

                                                        debug_msg( 10, str( detail ) )
                                                        debug_msg( 10, "Encountered weird node in Resources_List?!" )
                                                        debug_msg( 10, 'nodepart = ' + str( nodepart ) )
                                                        debug_msg( 10, 'job = ' + str( name ) )
                                                        debug_msg( 10, 'attrs = ' + str( attrs ) )
                                                
                                nodeslist       = str( count_mynodes )
                        else:
                                start_timestamp = ''
                                nodeslist       = ''

                        myAttrs                         = { }

                        myAttrs[ 'name' ]                       = str( name )
                        myAttrs[ 'queue' ]              = str( queue )
                        myAttrs[ 'owner' ]              = str( owner )
                        myAttrs[ 'requested_time' ]     = str( requested_time )
                        myAttrs[ 'requested_memory' ]   = str( requested_memory )
                        myAttrs[ 'ppn' ]                = str( ppn )
                        myAttrs[ 'status' ]             = str( status )
                        myAttrs[ 'start_timestamp' ]    = str( start_timestamp )
                        myAttrs[ 'queued_timestamp' ]   = str( queued_timestamp )
                        myAttrs[ 'reported' ]           = str( int( int( self.cur_time ) + int( self.timeoffset ) ) )
                        myAttrs[ 'nodes' ]              = nodeslist
                        myAttrs[ 'domain' ]             = string.join( socket.getfqdn().split( '.' )[1:], '.' )
                        myAttrs[ 'poll_interval' ]      = str( BATCH_POLL_INTERVAL )

                        if self.jobDataChanged( self.jobs, job_id, myAttrs ) and myAttrs['status'] in [ 'R', 'Q' ]:

                                self.jobs[ job_id ]     = myAttrs

                for id, attrs in self.jobs.items():

                        if id not in jobs_processed:

                                # This one isn't there anymore; toedeledoki!
                                #
                                del self.jobs[ id ]

        def submitJobData( self ):

                """Submit job info list"""

                self.dp.multicastGmetric( 'MONARCH-HEARTBEAT', str( int( int( self.cur_time ) + int( self.timeoffset ) ) ) )

                # Now let's spread the knowledge
                #
                for jobid, jobattrs in self.jobs.items():

                        gmetric_val             = self.compileGmetricVal( jobid, jobattrs )
                        metric_increment        = 0

                        for val in gmetric_val:

                                self.dp.multicastGmetric( 'MONARCH-JOB-' + jobid + '-' + str(metric_increment), val )

                                metric_increment        = metric_increment + 1

        def compileGmetricVal( self, jobid, jobattrs ):

                """Create a val string for gmetric of jobinfo"""

                gval_lists      = [ ]
                mystr           = None
                val_list        = { }

                for val_name, val_value in jobattrs.items():

                        val_list_names_len      = len( string.join( val_list.keys() ) ) + len(val_list.keys())
                        val_list_vals_len       = len( string.join( val_list.values() ) ) + len(val_list.values())

                        if val_name == 'nodes' and jobattrs['status'] == 'R':

                                node_str = None

                                for node in val_value:

                                        if node_str:

                                                node_str = node_str + ';' + node
                                        else:
                                                node_str = node

                                        if (val_list_names_len + len(val_name) ) + (val_list_vals_len + len(node_str) ) > METRIC_MAX_VAL_LEN:

                                                val_list[ val_name ]    = node_str

                                                gval_lists.append( val_list )

                                                val_list                = { }
                                                node_str                = None

                                val_list[ val_name ]    = node_str

                                gval_lists.append( val_list )

                                val_list                = { }

                        elif val_value != '':

                                if (val_list_names_len + len(val_name) ) + (val_list_vals_len + len(str(val_value)) ) > METRIC_MAX_VAL_LEN:

                                        gval_lists.append( val_list )

                                        val_list                = { }

                                val_list[ val_name ]    = val_value

                if len( val_list ) > 0:

                        gval_lists.append( val_list )

                str_list        = [ ]

                for val_list in gval_lists:

                        my_val_str      = None

                        for val_name, val_value in val_list.items():

                                if my_val_str:

                                        my_val_str = my_val_str + ' ' + val_name + '=' + val_value
                                else:
                                        my_val_str = val_name + '=' + val_value

                        str_list.append( my_val_str )

                return str_list

GMETRIC_DEFAULT_TYPE    = 'string'
GMETRIC_DEFAULT_HOST    = '127.0.0.1'
GMETRIC_DEFAULT_PORT    = '8649'

class Gmetric:

        global GMETRIC_DEFAULT_HOST, GMETRIC_DEFAULT_PORT

        slope           = { 'zero' : 0, 'positive' : 1, 'negative' : 2, 'both' : 3, 'unspecified' : 4 }
        type            = ( '', 'string', 'uint16', 'int16', 'uint32', 'int32', 'float', 'double', 'timestamp' )
        protocol        = ( 'udp', 'multicast' )

        def __init__( self, host=GMETRIC_DEFAULT_HOST, port=GMETRIC_DEFAULT_PORT ):
                
                global GMETRIC_DEFAULT_TYPE

                self.prot       = self.checkHostProtocol( host )
                self.msg        = xdrlib.Packer()
                self.socket     = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM )

                if self.prot not in self.protocol:

                        raise ValueError( "Protocol must be one of: " + str( self.protocol ) )

                if self.prot == 'multicast':

                        self.socket.setsockopt( socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 20 )

                self.hostport   = ( host, int( port ) )
                self.type       = GMETRIC_DEFAULT_TYPE
                self.unitstr    = ''
                self.slopestr   = 'both'
                self.tmax       = 60

        def checkHostProtocol( self, ip ):

                MULTICAST_ADDRESS_MIN   = ( "224", "0", "0", "0" )
                MULTICAST_ADDRESS_MAX   = ( "239", "255", "255", "255" )

                ip_fields               = ip.split( '.' )

                if ip_fields >= MULTICAST_ADDRESS_MIN and ip_fields <= MULTICAST_ADDRESS_MAX:

                        return 'multicast'
                else:
                        return 'udp'

        def send( self, name, value, dmax ):

                msg             = self.makexdr( name, value, self.type, self.unitstr, self.slopestr, self.tmax, dmax )

                return self.socket.sendto( msg, self.hostport )

        def makexdr( self, name, value, typestr, unitstr, slopestr, tmax, dmax ):

                if slopestr not in self.slope:

                        raise ValueError( "Slope must be one of: " + str( self.slope.keys() ) )

                if typestr not in self.type:

                        raise ValueError( "Type must be one of: " + str( self.type ) )

                if len( name ) == 0:

                        raise ValueError( "Name must be non-empty" )

                self.msg.reset()
                self.msg.pack_int( 0 )
                self.msg.pack_string( typestr )
                self.msg.pack_string( name )
                self.msg.pack_string( str( value ) )
                self.msg.pack_string( unitstr )
                self.msg.pack_int( self.slope[ slopestr ] )
                self.msg.pack_uint( int( tmax ) )
                self.msg.pack_uint( int( dmax ) )

                return self.msg.get_buffer()

def printTime( ):

        """Print current time/date in human readable format for log/debug"""

        return time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")

def debug_msg( level, msg ):

        """Print msg if at or above current debug level"""

        if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= level):
                        sys.stderr.write( msg + '\n' )

def write_pidfile():

        # Write pidfile if PIDFILE exists
        if PIDFILE:

                pid     = os.getpid()

                pidfile = open(PIDFILE, 'w')

                pidfile.write( str( pid ) )
                pidfile.close()

def main():

        """Application start"""

        global PBSQuery, PBSError

        if not processArgs( sys.argv[1:] ):

                sys.exit( 1 )

        if BATCH_API == 'pbs':

                try:
                        from PBSQuery import PBSQuery, PBSError

                except ImportError:

                        debug_msg( 0, "fatal error: BATCH_API set to 'pbs' but python module 'pbs_python' is not installed" )
                        sys.exit( 1 )

                gather = PbsDataGatherer()

        elif BATCH_API == 'sge':

                gather = SgeDataGatherer()

        else:
                debug_msg( 0, "fatal error: unknown BATCH_API '" + BATCH_API + "' is not supported" )

                sys.exit( 1 )

        if DAEMONIZE:

                gather.daemon()
        else:
                gather.run()

# wh00t? someone started me! :)
#
if __name__ == '__main__':
        main()