{

  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;

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

    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;

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

  // create root element job_list

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

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

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

  counter = 0;

  for(job = head->next; !job; job = job->next)

    {

      _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "jobnum%d", counter);

      _distren_asprintf(&tmp2, "%d", job->jobnum);

      xmlTextWriterWriteElement(writer, (xmlChar*)tmp, (xmlChar*)tmp2);

      counter++;

    }

  // close elements and end document

  xmlTextWriterEndDocument(writer);

  // free writer and save xml file to disk

  xmlFreeTextWriter(writer);

  return 1;

}

// returns 1 if completed successfully, 0 if not

// this reads a list of jobs in the queue before DistRen was shut down

// and then adds the jobs to the queue, as if it were never shut down

int createQueueFromXML(struct distrenjob *head)

{

  xmlDocPtr doc;  // holds xml document in memory

  xmlNodePtr cur; // points to the current xml element node

  // load xml document

  doc = xmlParseFile("job_list.xml");

  if(doc == NULL)

    {

      fprintf(stderr, "createQueueFromXML: document not found\n");

      return 0;

    }

  // have cur point to the root element of the xml document pointed to by doc

  cur = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);

  if(cur == NULL)

    {

      fprintf(stderr, "createQueueFromXML: document empty\n");

      return 0;

    }

  if(xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar*)"job_list"))

    {

      fprintf(stderr, "createQueueFromXML: incorrect root element (%s)", (char*)cur->name);

    }

  // moves into the children elements of job_list

  cur = cur->xmlChildrenNode;

  reCreateQueueFromXML(head, doc, cur);

  /* scans the list of all jobs that were in queue before DistRen shutdown

  while(cur != NULL)

    {

      tmp = xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);

      fprintf(stderr, "adding job: %s", tmp);

      // add job from job number @TODO create function with parameters (struct distrenjob *head, int job_number)

      // LordOfWar calls dibs on above todo

      xmlFree(tmp);

      cur = cur->next; // go to next child element of job_list element

    }*/

  xmlFreeDoc(doc);

  return 1;

}

// inserts jobs at front of queue, starting with the last job in the job_list xml file

// to preserve the order of the queue

int reCreateQueueFromXML(struct distrenjob *head, xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr current)

{

  struct distrenjob *holder; // holds the job that "was" after head, so that the new struct can be inserted after head

  struct distrenjob *job; // job to be added

  xmlChar *tmp;

  int job_num;

  if(current == NULL) // base case, if element doesn't exist then don't do anything

    return 0;

  // recursively call itself so that the next job in the queue is added to the front before the current one

  reCreateQueueFromXML(head, doc, current->next);

  // now actual work is done, adding the job to the front of the queue

  holder = head->next; // initialize holder

  tmp = xmlNodeListGetString(doc, current->xmlChildrenNode, 1); // get job number

  job_num = atoi((char*)tmp);

  job = createJobFromXML(job_num);

  xmlFree(tmp); // free xml char (that holds the job number)