Re: [HTCondor-users] How does input to ROOSTER_WAKEUP_CMD look like?

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/14/2025 10:59 AM, Zach McGrew wrote:

> Hey Steffen,
>
> The ClassAd is the same as what you would see from doing condor_status -long slotX@myhost > myclassad.txt
>
> I seem to recall rooster calls it with a full ClassAd by default, but when I was trying to fake rooster calls for a little wake up utility I narrowed it down to this to wake up a random machine (I just load the data from a file):
>
> printf "MyAddress = \"<${the_ip}:9618>\"\nHardwareAddress = \"${hwaddr}\"\nSubnetMask = \"${subnet}\"\n" | condor_power -i
>
> I use that in a script to keep our computer labs on in the daytime, with Condor shutting the machine down if unused in the evenings.
>
> You could probably use the htcondor2 Python bindings to parse the ClassAd, and one of the Python IPMI libraries to wrap this whole thing up into a nice replacement.
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    ..... and if you do, please then consider submitting a pull request
    on Github to include this in future HTCondor releases ! :)
    
    regards,
    Todd