{

  xmlDocPtr doc;

  xmlNodePtr cur;

  char *file_name;

  struct distrenjob *distrenjob;

  int start_frame;

  int counter;

  int counter2;

  distrenjob_new(&distrenjob);

  _distren_asprintf(&file_name, "stor/job%d/job_info.xml", job_number);

  doc = xmlParseFile(file_name);

  cur = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);

  distrenjob->name = (char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"name");

  distrenjob->submitter = (char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"submitter");

  distrenjob->priority = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"priority"));

  cur = cur->xmlChildrenNode;

  distrenjob->width = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"width"));

  distrenjob->height = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"number"));

  cur = cur->next;

  start_frame = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"start_frame"));

  distrenjob->total_frames = atoi((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"end_frame")) - start_frame + 1;

  distrenjob->output_format = (char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"output_format");

  cur = cur->next;

  distrenjob->watchdog_forgiveness = atoi((char*)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1));

  xmlFreeDoc(doc);

  // load up stats.xml file to retrieve data

  _distren_asprintf(&file_name, "stor/job%d/stats.xml", job_number);

  doc = xmlParseFile(file_name);

  cur = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);

  distrenjob->total_render_time = (time_t)atol((char*)xmlGetProp(cur, (xmlChar*)"total_render_time"));

  xmlFreeDoc(doc);

  distrenjob->frameset = malloc(sizeof(struct frameset) * distrenjob->total_frames);

  // change the status of all frames to "unassigned"

  counter2 = start_frame;

    distrenjob->frameset[counter].num = counter2;

    distrenjob->frameset[counter].status = FRAMESETSTATUS_UNASSIGNED;

    counter2++;

  }

  restoreJobState(distrenjob);

  return distrenjob;

}

int updateJobStatsXML(struct distrenjob *job)

{

	  xmlTextWriterPtr writer;

	  char *tmp; // temporarily holds strings to be given to the xml writer

	  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "stor/job%d/stats.xml", job->jobnum);

	  // create xml document at the location tmp with no compression

	  writer = xmlNewTextWriterFilename(tmp, 0);

	  xmlTextWriterStartDocument(writer, NULL, "utf-8", NULL);

	  xmlTextWriterStartElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"stats");

	  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", job->assigned_frames);

	  xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"assigned_frames", (xmlChar*)tmp);

	  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", job->completed_frames);

	  xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"completed_frames", (xmlChar*)tmp);

	  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", job->total_render_time);

	  xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"total_render_time", (xmlChar*)tmp);

	  // end document

	  xmlTextWriterEndDocument(writer);

	  // free writer and save xml file to disk

	  xmlFreeTextWriter(writer);

	  return 1;

}

// returns 1 if successful

// updates job_list.xml which lists all the jobs in the queue

int updateJobListXML(struct distrenjob *head)

{

  struct distrenjob *job;

  xmlTextWriterPtr writer;

  char *tmp;

  char *tmp2;

  int counter;

  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "job_list.xml");