---
name: "coop-computing-tools"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "coop-computing-tools"
version: "1:7.14.5-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/coop-computing-tools"
---

# coop-computing-tools(1)

share resources in a heterogeneous, and unreliable computing environment

## NAME

coop-computing-tools - share resources in a heterogeneous, and unreliable computing environment

## DESCRIPTION

The Cooperative Computing Tools (cctools) are a collection of programs designed to assist users with the difficulties of building and managing complex, fault-prone distributed systems. These components are:

- Parrot - A personal virtual file system.

  - Chirp - A distributed file and storage system.

  - Makeflow - A workflow engine similar to Make.

  - Work Queue - A flexible master-worker library.

  - All-Pairs - A computational abstraction.

  - Wavefront - A computational abstraction.

  - Watchdog - A reliable process manager.

  - ftsh - A fault tolerant shell language.

  - FTP-Lite - A light weight FTP client library.

  ## SEE ALSO

The coop-computing-tools homepage at *http://nd.edu/~ccl/software*

## AUTHOR

**coop-computing-tools** were written by Douglas Thain and others.

This manual page was written by Michael Hanke \<mih@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).