diff -C 3 -P -r MetaData/interface/ResumeRun.h MetaData.new/interface/ResumeRun.h
*** MetaData/interface/ResumeRun.h	Sat Jan 11 01:04:34 2003
--- MetaData.new/interface/ResumeRun.h	Wed Jan 29 23:52:17 2003
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*** 30,35 ****
--- 30,39 ----
    const ooRef(CollectionI) & eventColl() { return eventColl_; }
    const string & stringUUID() { return stringUUID_; }
  
+   char const *AutoResumeFileName();
+   bool AutoResumeEnabled();
+   void AddAutoResumeData(string const &config_data);
+ 
  private:
  
    ooRef(SmartRun) run_;
diff -C 3 -P -r MetaData/src/DBPopulator.cc MetaData.new/src/DBPopulator.cc
*** MetaData/src/DBPopulator.cc	Thu Jan 23 19:56:06 2003
--- MetaData.new/src/DBPopulator.cc	Wed Jan 29 23:53:16 2003
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*** 358,383 ****
  
    commitNext = false;  // do not commit again...
  
    cout << "\n\n";
    cout << "-----------------------------------------------------------------"<< endl;
    cout << "Here the run really starts" << endl;
!   cout << "If crashes use this datacard to start from last commit" << endl;
!   cout << "CARF:ResumeRun = " << string(run.sprint());
!   cout << " " << string(eventColl.sprint()) << endl;
    cout << "-----------------------------------------------------------------"<< endl;
    cout << "\n\n" << endl;
  
    runStatusLog("CARF:ResumeRun",
  	       //string("\"")+
! 	       string(run.sprint())+
! 	       string(" ")+string(eventColl.sprint())
  	       // +string("\"")
  	       );
  
    // temporary
    ofstream cr((string(uuidN)+string(".runid")).c_str());
!   cr << "CARF:ResumeRun = " << string(run.sprint());
!   cr << " " << string(eventColl.sprint())<< endl;
    cr.close();
  
    return true;
--- 358,401 ----
  
    commitNext = false;  // do not commit again...
  
+   string resume_data = string(run.sprint())+
+                        string(" ")+string(eventColl.sprint());
+ 
    cout << "\n\n";
    cout << "-----------------------------------------------------------------"<< endl;
    cout << "Here the run really starts" << endl;
!   if(ResumeRun::exists()) {
!     if(ResumeRun::instance()->AutoResumeEnabled()) {
!       cout << "In case it does not finish, simply restart and it will" << endl
! 	   << "resume using the following datacard, from" << endl
! 	   << "the AutoResumeRun file "
! 	   << ResumeRun::instance()->AutoResumeFileName() << "." << endl;
!     }
!     else {
!       cout << "If crashes use this datacard to start from last commit" << endl;
!     }
! 
!     cout << "CARF:ResumeRun = " << resume_data << endl;
!   }
    cout << "-----------------------------------------------------------------"<< endl;
    cout << "\n\n" << endl;
  
    runStatusLog("CARF:ResumeRun",
  	       //string("\"")+
!                resume_data
  	       // +string("\"")
  	       );
  
+   if(ResumeRun::exists() && ResumeRun::instance()->run()==0) {
+     //This is a new run.  Record data for CARF:AutoResumeRun
+     ResumeRun::instance()->AddAutoResumeData(string("CARF:ResumeRun = ")+
+                                              resume_data
+                                              );
+   }
+ 
    // temporary
    ofstream cr((string(uuidN)+string(".runid")).c_str());
!   cr << "CARF:ResumeRun = " << resume_data << endl;
    cr.close();
  
    return true;
diff -C 3 -P -r MetaData/src/ResumeRun.cc MetaData.new/src/ResumeRun.cc
*** MetaData/src/ResumeRun.cc	Sat Jan 11 01:04:34 2003
--- MetaData.new/src/ResumeRun.cc	Wed Jan 29 23:54:59 2003
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*** 8,13 ****
--- 8,15 ----
  #include "Utilities/Notification/interface/ErrorReport.h"
  
  #include "Utilities/UI/interface/ConfigurableVector.h"
+ #include "Utilities/GenUtil/interface/ConfigurationRecord.h"
+ #include "Utilities/UI/interface/SimpleConfiguration.h"
  
  // DELETE #include "Utilities/ObjyUtil/interface/ObjyAncillaryTransaction.h"
  
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*** 26,38 ****
    //
  
    static ConfigurableVector<string> srun("CARF:ResumeRun");
!  
    if (srun.size()<2) return;
  
    cout << "\nresuming run " << srun[0]
         << " collection " << srun[1] << endl;
  
-   
  
    // DELETE ObjyAncillaryTransaction a(oocRead, oocMROW);
  
--- 28,55 ----
    //
  
    static ConfigurableVector<string> srun("CARF:ResumeRun");
! 
!   if (AutoResumeEnabled()) {
!     char const *resume_fname = AutoResumeFileName();
! 
!     ifstream resume_file(resume_fname);
!     if(resume_file) { //file exists, this must be a restarted run
! 
!       //Load the saved configuration (CARF:ResumeRun)
!       ConfigurationRecord resume_conf(resume_file);
!       SimpleConfiguration *conf = SimpleConfiguration::current();
!       if(conf) conf->add(resume_conf);
! 
!     }
!     //else no existing file, this must be a new run
!     //resume file will be created in AddAutoResumeData()
!   }
! 
    if (srun.size()<2) return;
  
    cout << "\nresuming run " << srun[0]
         << " collection " << srun[1] << endl;
  
  
    // DELETE ObjyAncillaryTransaction a(oocRead, oocMROW);
  
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*** 63,65 ****
--- 80,104 ----
  }
  
  ResumeRun::~ResumeRun(){}
+ 
+ char const *ResumeRun::AutoResumeFileName() {
+   static ConfigurableVector<string> auto_resume("CARF:AutoResumeRun");
+   if(auto_resume.size() == 1) return auto_resume[0].c_str();
+   return NULL;
+ }
+ 
+ bool ResumeRun::AutoResumeEnabled() {
+   return AutoResumeFileName() != NULL;
+ }
+ 
+ void ResumeRun::AddAutoResumeData(string const &config_data) {
+ 
+   if (AutoResumeEnabled()) {
+     char const *resume_fname = AutoResumeFileName();
+ 
+     ofstream resume_file(resume_fname,ios::ate);
+     if(resume_file) {
+       resume_file << config_data << endl;
+     }
+   }
+ }