{

	      blendjob_ptr->priority = 0; /*< set priority to zero to indicate job is complete */

	      general_info.total_finished_jobs++; /*< add one to the total finished jobs */

	    }

	  else if (finished_frames > blendjob_ptr->total_frames)

	    /* just in case ;-) */

	    {

	      fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: finished_frames (%lu) > blendjob_ptr->total_frames (%d)",

		      __FILE__, __LINE__, 

		      finished_frames, 

		      blendjob_ptr->total_frames);

	      abort();

	    }

	}

      general_info.rendering_clients = workers_working; /*< should this be a +=? */

      blendjob_ptr = blendjob_ptr->next; /*< This is the essence of linked lists and iterating through them */

      numjobs ++;

    } /* while(blendjob_ptr) */

  general_info.jobs_in_queue = (highest_jobnum - general_info.total_finished_jobs); /*< extraneous parentheses! */

}

// **** Structure Builder: This function creates frame array based on the total number of frames to be rendered, which will then be parsed by function frame_farmer.

void frame_num_struct_builder(struct blendjob *job, unsigned int startframe, unsigned int numframes) {

  int jobnum_new = highest_jobnum + 1; /* global vars will someday leave us  */

  unsigned int counter;

	job->frameset = malloc(sizeof(struct frameset) * numframes);

	if(!job->frameset)

	  fprintf(stderr, "error allocating memory");

	job->total_frames = numframes; // sets the total number of frames in animation for status purposes

	job->jobnum = jobnum_new;

	for(counter = 0; counter < numframes; counter ++)

	  /* This builds the array, with the array starting at zero and the frame_num starting at sframe */

	  job->frameset[counter].frame_num = counter + startframe;

	highest_jobnum++; // After it has created the job, it adds one to the highest_jobnum interger

}

// Frame Assigner: matches your computer up with a lovely frame to render

// Major issue here, the client needs to know the frame number, AND the job number!

int frame_finder(){

	int your_frame = 0;  // your_frame is an interger value that will be given to the client as the frame number to render

	int finder_jobnum = 0;

	int frameset_count = 0; // the frameset number, note* frames in an animation don't start at zero

	short int done = 0;

	short int priority = 10;

	while(priority >= 1){ // start the scan for the next job with the highest priority, decreases priority before it loops

		finder_jobnum = hcfjob + 1; // reset it to start scanning at first uncompleted job for the pass at each priority level

		while(finder_jobnum <= highest_jobnum){  // This keeps increasing the finder_jobnum until it is higher than the highest_jobnum

			if(blendjob[finder_jobnum].priority == priority){  // looks for a job with the current priority value

				done = 1;									  // notice it starts by looking at the oldest job first

				break;

			}

			if((done) == 1)  // If it has found a job with the current priority value, it will break out of the loop

				break;    // If none is found it goes to the next job to see if it is of the current priority value

			else

				finder_jobnum++;

		} // End of increasing finder_jobnum

		if(done == 1) // if job has been found, it lets it out of the priority changer loop

			break;

		priority--; // end of decreasing priority

	}

	while(your_frame < blendjob[finder_jobnum].total_frames){ // Finds the frameset number with a frame that needs to be rendered

		if (blendjob[finder_jobnum].frameset[frameset_count].frame_status == 0)  // If frame that is not assigned has been found, frameset_count is not changed

			break;																// and frameset_count is used to give the frame number later in this funciton

		frameset_count++;  // If frame is assigned or done, it goes to next frame

	}

blendjob[jobnum].frameset[frameset_count].frame_status++; // sets the value of the frame to 2, which means its taken

your_frame = blendjob[jobnum].frameset[frameset_count].frame_num; //  Takes the frameset found in the while statement above, and extracts the frame number from it and assigns it to the int your_frame

if(your_frame == 0)  // If that job had no open frames for some reason, run the status report generator so that

	status_report_generator();  //the job priority can be changed to 0

blendjob[jobnum].frameset[frameset_count].start_time = clock();

return your_frame; // your_frame is returned as the frame to be rendered

}

}

/* ************************** Main ************************* */

int main(int argc, char *argv[])

{

//// Begin Getopt Sample, EDITME!Sometime

		   int aflag = 0;

	       int bflag = 0;

	       char *cvalue = NULL;

	       int index;

	       int c;

	       opterr = 0;

	       while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "abc:")) != -1)

	         switch (c)

	           {

	           case 'a':

	             aflag = 1;

	             break;

	           case 'b':

	             bflag = 1;

	             break;

	           case 'c':

	             cvalue = optarg;

	             break;

	           case '?':

	             if (optopt == 'c')

	               fprintf (stderr, "Option -%c requires an argument.\n", optopt);

	             else if (isprint (optopt))

	               fprintf (stderr, "Unknown option `-%c'.\n", optopt);

	             else

	               fprintf (stderr,

	                        "Unknown option character `\\x%x'.\n",

	                        optopt);

	             return 1;

	           default:

	             abort ();

	           }

	       printf ("aflag = %d, bflag = %d, cvalue = %s\n",

	               aflag, bflag, cvalue);

	       for (index = optind; index < argc; index++)

	         printf ("Non-option argument %s\n", argv[index]);

//// End getopt sample

// Just wrote this to try and piece everything together after writing it on paper :D --ethanzonca

///////////////////// Semi-pseudo-code for server //////////////////////////////////////////

/*

start_data();

status_report_generator();

blend_frame_watchdog();

	if(client says "i ain't got nuthin to render!"){

		frame_finder() ==> returns jobnum/framenum that are sent to slave, "render jobnum framenum"

	}

	if(client says "done with frame # in job #"){

		finish_frame(jobnum, frame);

		frame_finder() ==> returns jobnum/framenum that are sent to slave, "render jobnum framenum"

	}

*/

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Begin non-working framework?

	int distrend_do_config(int argc, char *argv[], struct distrend_config *config)

	{

	  cfg_opt_t myopts_listen[] =

	    {

	      CFG_SIMPLE_STR("type", NULL),

	      CFG_SIMPLE_STR("path", NULL),

	      CFG_SIMPLE_INT("port", NULL),

	      CFG_END()

	  };

	  cfg_opt_t myopts[] =

	    {

	      CFG_SEC("listen",  /* this must be imported into struct listens (which must still be declared) */

		      myopts_listen

		      ,

		      CFGF_MULTI),

	      CFG_END()

	    };

	  config = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_config));

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