else{

    general_info.total_finished_jobs = 0;

    general_info.total_frames_rendered = 0;

    fprintf(stderr,"Can't find XML dump, starting up fresh.\n");

    return 2;

  }

  free(&buffer); // @TODO: Is this pointless?

}

/** Finish-Setter: Sets a frame to the "completed" status.*/

void finish_frame(struct distrenjob *head, struct distrenjob *distrenjob, int frame)

{

  distrenjob->frameset[frame].status = FRAMESETSTATUS_DONE;

  distrenjob->total_render_time = distrenjob->total_render_time + (clock() - distrenjob[jobnum].frameset[frame].start_time);

  distrenjob->completed_frames++;

  distrenjob->assigned_frames--;

  general_info.total_frames_rendered++; // Increase total frames var for stats

  if(distrenjob->completed_frames == distrenjob->total_frames)

    {

      mortition(head, distrenjob);

    }

}

/** mortition check to see if a job is actually done by scanning the folder of the job to make sure all frames are present*/

// called mortition because it checks the finished "dead" job

void mortition(struct distrenjob *head, struct distrenjob *job)

{

  short int isJobDone;

  int counter;

  char *path_and_number;

  struct stat buffer;

  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)

    {

      distrenjob_remove(head, job);

      general_info.jobs_in_queue--;

    }

}

/**

   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++;

  }

  /* add job to queue */

  distrenjob_enqueue(head, distrenjob);

  general_info.jobs_in_queue++;

}

/* distrenjob_enqueue: This function adds the job to the queue based on its priority */

void distrenjob_enqueue(struct distrenjob *head, struct distrenjob *job) {

  struct distrenjob *prev_job = head; // create pointer to previous job

  struct distrenjob *current_job;     // create pointer to current_job (which job is being compared to)

  // iterate through linked list of jobs

  for(current_job = head; current_job != NULL; current_job = current_job->next){

    if(current_job == NULL){ // if it has reached the end of the list, add job there

      current_job = job;

      break;