There is a compiled condor_chirp binary, with get_job_attr and set_job_attr flags. The get_job_attr is not yet printed by the command (at least on windows) but it does exist and work.And to be running java or C by the looks of things - anyone written an implementation of the protocol in .net? Not sure it's worth me wrapping the c protocol when I can read stuff from my database if I need to (just a pain to do from a bash/awk hack of a script :)
Cheers, Szabolcs