User Tools in the KOE

Several user tools have been developed to support the Knowbot Operating Environment. These include command line utilities as well as graphical tools. A range of capabilities have been implemented, from querying the current state of the KOE to launching new Knowbot Programs into the environment. While the Quick Start shows which tools should be used for particular tasks, the documents listed below are the reference manuals for the tools. The use of each tool is explained in depth. Topics include command line options, side affects, and, as appropriate, user interface.

• killkp - Command Line KP Termination
  Knowbot Programs can be killed using this command line tool.

• koeboot, koehalt - Boot and Halt scripts
  Scripts for ease of starting and stopping the KOE, and for defining configurations of KSSs and other tools.

• kpps - Checking on KOS Processes
  A ps style utility to determine the status of processes associated with a Knowbot Operating System.

• kpshell - An Interactive KP Shell
  This tool is a Knowbot Program which provides an interactive Python interpreter. This can be useful in debugging KP behavior.

• nslist - Examining the Namespace
  This tool can be used to list the complete contents of the KOE's dynnamic namespace.

• rs - Graphical KP Creation, Launching, & Monitoring
  A graphical interface for submitting and monitoring KPs is provided by rs. Editing of KP templates is also supported.

• submit - Command Line KP Launching & Monitoring
  Knowbot Programs can be submitted using this command line tool.

• visu - Graphical Monitoring of the KOE
  The activity in the entire KOE can be monitored using the graphical interface created by the this program.

• worldroot - Distributed namespace root server
  This tool implements the root of the worldwide namespace seen by KPs. It is normally run as a background daemon. A number of decentralized worldroot servers can coordinate their updates using a slow consistency protocol.