isJobDone = 1; // set isJobDone to true

  for(counter = 0; counter < job->total_frames; counter++)

    {

      _distren_asprintf(&path_and_number, "stor/job%d/out/%d.%s", job->jobnum, job->frameset[counter].num, job->output_format);

      if(stat(path_and_number, &buffer) == -1)

        {

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

          job->completed_frames--;

          isJobDone = 0; // if a missing frame is found, set isJobDone to false

        }

    }

  if(isJobDone) // if all frames were accounted for

    {

      distrenjob_remove(head, job);

      distrenjob_free(&job);

      general_info.jobs_in_queue--;

    }

  else{

    job->prev_frame_index = 0; // if the job isn't done, have frame_finder() start from the first frame, allowing it to see the frames that are now unassigned

  }

}

/** creates a structure from starting data, then calls another function to actually add that struct to the queue */

void prepare_distrenjob(struct distrenjob *head, int type, char *name, char *submitter, char *email, int priority, int start_frame, int end_frame)

{

  int counter2;

  int counter;

  struct distrenjob *distrenjob;

  distrenjob_new(&distrenjob);

  distrenjob->type = 1;

  distrenjob->name = name;

  distrenjob->submitter = submitter;

  distrenjob->email = email;

  distrenjob->priority = priority;

  distrenjob->total_frames = (end_frame - start_frame + 1); // sets the total number of frames in animation for status purposes

  /* prepares all the frames by setting that status to "unassigned" */

  counter2 = start_frame;

  for(counter = 0; counter <= (end_frame- start_frame + 1); counter++){

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

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

    counter2++;

  }