To install, type: make install The scripts getvalue, getlines are basic text utilities that are helpful to extract info from text files. pollmach is the main script that glues maps to an energy code. In multiple machine environment, the following are useful: minload returns the machine with the lowest load, or "none" if all machines are overloaded. chl lists the load on all machines (it is called by minload). node runs a job on a remote machine making sure the remote job has access to the files in the current directory of the local machine.