1 :Info: benchmark.gi: 1984-07-01  benchmark
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 3 The benchmark subsystem is a series of commands that allow you to
 4 send one or more scripts of Multics (or other) commands over
 5 communications channels. Each script consists of a series of records.
 6 Each record specifies:
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 8   The data, if any, to be sent over the communications channel.
 9   Whether the subsystem should wait for a response from the other end
10 of the channel before proceeding.
11   Whether the subsystem should wait for a particular response from the
12 other end before proceeding.
13   Whether the subsystem should wait a fixed amount of time before
14 proceeding.
15   Whether the subsystem should wait until a specified amount of time
16 has passed since the beginning of the run before proceeding.
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19      To run a benchmark, you must create a directory with the suffix
20 ".benchmark". This directory must contain a control file specifying
21 what scripts are to be run over what communications channels, and the
22 script files to be sent.
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25      When the benchmark is run, the audit facility (the audit_ I/O
26 module) is used to keep a permanent record of each script run. Only one
27 benchmark can be run at a time in a process.
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30 The subsystem consists of the following commands:
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32   cv_benchmark_script converts an ASCII script of commands to a binary
33 file of records.
34   display_benchmark_script displays a binary file of records in ASCII.
35   cv_benchmark_control converts an ASCII file specifying a set of
36 scripts to be run as a benchmark.
37   display_benchmark_control displays the control file for a given
38 benchmark directory in ASCII.
39   run_benchmark runs the benchmark described by a specified benchmark
40 directory.
41   stop_benchmark prematurely terminates a running benchmark.
42   benchmark_status displays the status of a running benchmark.