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Ski IA-64 Simulator Reference Manual 1.0L
2.4 Ski Variations
The simulator is available in three varieties, distinguished by their user interfaces:
ski
,
xski
, and
bski
. The underlying
simulation engine is identical across all three varieties. The figures below show how each variety looks when first started.
Figure 2-1 shows
ski
, which uses a terminal-oriented, curses-based, character user interface. Figure 2-2 shows
xski
,
using an X Window System, Motif-based, graphical user interface. Figure 2-3 shows
bski
, which provides a batch-ori-
ented, command-line-driven environment and no user interface. Ski command line flags, some of which are shown in
Figure 2-3, are described in Section 2.5.1, “Command Line Flags”.
The three varieties understand the same command language. There are a few, unavoidable differences and they are pointed
out where appropriate in this manual. Most examples and sample screen displays are taken from
xski
sessions. All exam-
ples have been verified in actual use.
2.4.1 Using
bski
for Batch Simulations
Because
bski
has no user interface, you typically control it using a command file (see Chapter 9, “Command Files”) and
the -i command line flag (see Section 2.5.1, “Command Line Flags”).
ski
and
xski
are intended for you to use interac-
tively, while
bski
excels at batch simulations that might run for a long time as background jobs on your workstation or on
a higher-powered remote simulation server. The cron and make programs work well with
bski
. With cron, you can
schedule simulations to run at night and on remote servers. With make, you can execute complex networks of tests
quickly, letting make keep track of the dependencies between the tests. These programs are documented in man pages.
Figure 2-1. The Curses-based
ski
Interface