*/

  tmp = xml2distrenjob(&distrenjob, "distrenjob.xml.example");

  if(tmp)

    fprintf(stderr, "xml2distrenjob() returned %d. Try to cd to distren/doc if you want to test out the xml2distrenjob() function. (This will only fix this error if the error is due to an inability of the xml library to access distrenjob.xml.example)\n\n", tmp);

  else

    fprintf(stderr, "using email ``%s'' for user ``%s'' -- reading in XML files and pulling data from them using libxml2+XPath works!!!\n", distrenjob->email, distrenjob->submitter);

  fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d running config\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);

  *config = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_config));

  myopts[1].simple_value = &(*config)->datadir;

  options_init(argc, argv, &(*config)->mycfg, myopts, "server", &(*config)->options);

  fprintf(stderr, "using %s as datadir\n", (*config)->datadir);

  xmlcleanup();

  return 0;

}

int distrend_config_free(struct distrend_config *config)

{

  options_free(config->options);

  free(config);

  return 0;

}

/* ************************** XML Functions ************************* */

// writes the general_info.xml file which is a copy of the general_info structure

// except that it doesn't hold free_clients and rendering_clients

void updateGeneralInfo()

{

  xmlTextWriterPtr writer;

  char *tmp;

  writer = xmlNewTextWriterFilename("general_info.xml", 0);

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

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

  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", general_info.jobs_in_queue);

  xmlTextWriterWriteElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"jobs_in_queue", (xmlChar*)tmp);

  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", general_info.total_finished_jobs);

  xmlTextWriterWriteElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"total_finished_jobs", (xmlChar*)tmp);

  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", general_info.total_frames_rendered);

  xmlTextWriterWriteElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"total_frames_rendered", (xmlChar*)tmp);

  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "%d", general_info.highest_jobnum);

  xmlTextWriterWriteElement(writer, (xmlChar*)"highest_jobnum", (xmlChar*)tmp);

  general_info.free_clients = 0;

  general_info.rendering_clients = 0;

}

// returns 1 on successful completion of xml file

// creates the xml file that slaves read from, and is used to restart distren

int makeJobDataXML(struct distrenjob *job)

{

  xmlTextWriterPtr writer;

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

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

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

  writer = xmlNewTextWriterFilename(tmp, 0);

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

  // write resolution element and add its attributes

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

  xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"name", (xmlChar*)job->name);

  xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*)"submitter", (xmlChar*)job->submitter);

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

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

  // write resolution element and add its attributes

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

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

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

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

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

  xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer);

  // end document

  xmlTextWriterEndDocument(writer);

  // free writer and save xml file to disk

  xmlFreeTextWriter(writer);

  return 1;

}

// extracts data from the xml created by above function and creates a job from it

// it returns a pointer to the created job

struct distrenjob *createJobFromXML(int job_number)

{

  xmlDocPtr doc;

  xmlNodePtr cur;

  char *file_name;

  struct distrenjob *distrenjob;