Changelog

0.8

added way to start session daemon in background for Linux (-s option) which keeps credential up-to-date
'exit' alias for 'quit' -- both commands can be used to logout now
improved checks of job properties against valid values -- if a queue is set that doesn't support currently setup job a detailed error message is displayed
improved information for queues when issuing 'print queue xxxx' command
'print queues' now displays queues sorted by whether a queue supports the currently setup job or not
improved ls command to list jobs easier. format: ls <filename_in_jobdirectory>
changes in speed and stability because of update of underlying Grisu client library

All gricli properties are now exported as job environment variables, like walltime -> GRISU_WALLTIME
"kill/clean jobs" commands now deprecated. "kill/clean job [list of jobnames/globs]" is used insted. Supports globs completion.
"download" and "downloadclean" commands now support optional target directory.
"view" command can now list jobdirectories directly ("view job <file_relative_to_jobdir>").
Changes to login-component, makes renewal of proxy within gricli possible via 'renew session'.
Destroy proxy renamed to 'close session'.
Notification when user proxy reaches configured minimum
man & markdown USAGE.md pages are created automatically via maven
Debian and RedHat packages
"kill/clean", "archive" and "submit" commands can now be executed in background using "&" operator
Custom job type removed from docs and replaced by single
hostCount renamed to hostcount
host is no longer a global
print queue [propeties] doesn't list memory properties
added commands to monitor asynchronous tasks

renamed global "application" to "package"
fixed job download where directories within job directories weren't downloaded
updated Grisu dependency which brings lots of improvements to scalability and stability
"archive job" blocks now until archiving is finished
progress bar for killing of multiple jobs
basic "view" command to pre-view files. mostly useful for viewing stdout/stderr while job is running

walltime global display has changed to human readable format
clear files has been replaced by unset files, unset is a new command
new command: unset - can be used to set optional globals to their null values. unset on required globals will throw error
script comments #
glob support for print package
new commands clean/kill jobs
persistent user session; globals except attached files and env vars saved
last used group remembered
tab-completion for remote file systems
tab-completion now also works on "submit" command for executables and input files
submit command no longer needs quotes
BeSTGRID-DEV renamed to dev case insensitive
"print queues" now displays only queues that are available for the currently setup environment
"print queues" can now display more information about queues, like free job slots, total running jobs
new command: "print queue [queue]" -- displays all information that is known for a queue (which needs to be available for the current environment).
new command: "status" -- prints out a summary of how many jobs are active/finished/failed
fixed job status problem where they are incorrectly marked Done.
renamed application to package
pwd and exec pwd are the same now
gls command replaced by ls

improved internal help system
- Added commands descriptions and usage examples
- help can now be requested for the use of a particular command (e.g. help cd)
overall improvement of ease of use
- added print groups command
- added block size support for memory value set (e.g. set memory 3g)
- added walltime set through formatted time value (e.g. set walltime 1h20m)
New job type smp added to improve scheduling performance
Added support for staging in data from remote gridftp servers
- data can be staged in directly from remote gridftp servers (e.g. to stage in a file from the home directory on data fabric, use command attach grid://Groups/nz/nesi/my_file_here.dat
jobs can have description property now
added wait job command to pause gricli and wait until the specified job terminates
added commands: about, cd, exec, ls, pwd
improved auto-completion
patches that fix bugs on Windows

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