blogng/blog/2011-06-04-distributed-computing.markdown

---
author: dhananjayishere
comments: true
date: 2011-06-04 22:48:00
layout: post
slug: distributed-computing
tags: boinc, computing, gsoc
title: Distributed Computing.
wordpress_id: 55668225
---

Since I got involved with distributed computing for my GSoC some my non technical friends were asking questions about the project, heres an article I suggest you all. I am sure this will solve almost all your questions.
[http://boinc.berkeley.edu/boinc2.pdf](http://boinc.berkeley.edu/boinc2.pdf)
intial commit 2017-01-22 21:30:42 +00:00			`---`
			`author: dhananjayishere`
			`comments: true`
			`date: 2011-06-04 22:48:00`
			`layout: post`
			`slug: distributed-computing`
Convert from old categories to tags import sys import yaml with open(sys.argv[1]) as fp: data = fp.read() if not data.find("---") == 0: # no head print("NO YAML HEAD FOUND") sys.exit(-1) data = data[3:] head_end = data.find("---") head = data[0:head_end] data = data[head_end+3:] metadata = yaml.safe_load(head) cats = metadata.pop('categories', None) if cats != None: if type(cats) == list: tags = cats elif type(cats) == str: tags = cats.split() tags = list(map(lambda t: t.lower(), tags)) metadata["tags"] = ", ".join(tags) new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}" # write it print(f"coverted: categories to tags: {tags} - {sys.argv[1]}") with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp: fp.write(new_data) sys.exit(0) if not metadata.get("tags", None): metadata["tags"] = "untagged" new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}" print(f"untagged: {sys.argv[1]}") # write it with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp: fp.write(new_data) sys.exit(0) print("No changes needed") 2019-01-28 22:16:27 +00:00			`tags: boinc, computing, gsoc`
intial commit 2017-01-22 21:30:42 +00:00			`title: Distributed Computing.`
			`wordpress_id: 55668225`
			`---`

			`Since I got involved with distributed computing for my GSoC some my non technical friends were asking questions about the project, heres an article I suggest you all. I am sure this will solve almost all your questions.`
			`[http://boinc.berkeley.edu/boinc2.pdf](http://boinc.berkeley.edu/boinc2.pdf)`