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+% *======================================================================*
+% Cactus Thorn template for ThornGuide documentation
+% Author: Ian Kelley
+% Date: Sun Jun 02, 2002
+% $Header$
+%
+% Thorn documentation in the latex file doc/documentation.tex
+% will be included in ThornGuides built with the Cactus make system.
+% The scripts employed by the make system automatically include
+% pages about variables, parameters and scheduling parsed from the
+% relevent thorn CCL files.
+%
+% This template contains guidelines which help to assure that your
+% documentation will be correctly added to ThornGuides. More
+% information is available in the Cactus UsersGuide.
+%
+% Guidelines:
+% - Do not change anything before the line
+% % START CACTUS THORNGUIDE",
+% except for filling in the title, author, date etc. fields.
+% - Each of these fields should only be on ONE line.
+% - Author names should be sparated with a \\ or a comma
+% - You can define your own macros, but they must appear after
+% the START CACTUS THORNGUIDE line, and must not redefine standard
+% latex commands.
+% - To avoid name clashes with other thorns, 'labels', 'citations',
+% 'references', and 'image' names should conform to the following
+% convention:
+% ARRANGEMENT_THORN_LABEL
+% For example, an image wave.eps in the arrangement CactusWave and
+% thorn WaveToyC should be renamed to CactusWave_WaveToyC_wave.eps
+% - Graphics should only be included using the graphix package.
+% More specifically, with the "includegraphics" command. Do
+% not specify any graphic file extensions in your .tex file. This
+% will allow us (later) to create a PDF version of the ThornGuide
+% via pdflatex. |
+% - References should be included with the latex "bibitem" command.
+% - Use \begin{abstract}...\end{abstract} instead of \abstract{...}
+% - Do not use \appendix, instead include any appendices you need as
+% standard sections.
+% - For the benefit of our Perl scripts, and for future extensions,
+% please use simple latex.
+%
+% *======================================================================*
+%
+% Example of including a graphic image:
+% \begin{figure}[ht]
+% \begin{center}
+% \includegraphics[width=6cm]{MyArrangement_MyThorn_MyFigure}
+% \end{center}
+% \caption{Illustration of this and that}
+% \label{MyArrangement_MyThorn_MyLabel}
+% \end{figure}
+%
+% Example of using a label:
+% \label{MyArrangement_MyThorn_MyLabel}
+%
+% Example of a citation:
+% \cite{MyArrangement_MyThorn_Author99}
+%
+% Example of including a reference
+% \bibitem{MyArrangement_MyThorn_Author99}
+% {J. Author, {\em The Title of the Book, Journal, or periodical}, 1 (1999),
+% 1--16. {\tt http://www.nowhere.com/}}
+%
+% *======================================================================*
+
+% If you are using CVS use this line to give version information
+% $Header$
+
+\documentclass{article}
+
+% Use the Cactus ThornGuide style file
+% (Automatically used from Cactus distribution, if you have a
+% thorn without the Cactus Flesh download this from the Cactus
+% homepage at www.cactuscode.org)
+\usepackage{../../../../doc/latex/cactus}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+% The author of the documentation
+\author{Cactus Maintainers \textless cactusmaint@cactuscode.org\textgreater}
+
+% The title of the document (not necessarily the name of the Thorn)
+\title{TerminationTrigger}
+
+\date{January 11, 2010}
+
+\maketitle
+
+% Do not delete next line
+% START CACTUS THORNGUIDE
+
+% Add all definitions used in this documentation here
+% \def\mydef etc
+
+% Add an abstract for this thorn's documentation
+\begin{abstract}
+ This thorn watches the elapsed walltime. If only $n$ minutes are
+ left before the some limit set by the user, it triggers termination
+ of the simulation. Termination is also triggered if a special file
+ with a special content exists.
+\end{abstract}
+
+% The following sections are suggestive only.
+% Remove them or add your own.
+
+\section{Using This Thorn}
+
+To use this thorn you only need to include it in your ActiveThorns
+parameter and set the relevent parameters. With default parameters
+the thorn does nothing.
+
+Current options are to gracefully terminate a simulation $n$ minutes
+before a set time limit, or to terminate a simulation when the user
+creates a certain file. The latter is one of a few possibilities to
+order a Cactus simulation to terminate from the outside while giving
+it time to checkpoint. (Another possibility is to use the web
+interface for this.)
+
+\subsection{Obtaining This Thorn}
+
+Available as part of the Cactus Computational Toolkit in arrangement
+CactusUtils.
+
+\subsection{Support and Feedback}
+
+To the Cactus Team at \texttt{cactusmaint@cactuscode.org} or through
+the Bug/Feature Request web pages at \texttt{www.cactuscode.org}.
+
+% Do not delete next line
+% END CACTUS THORNGUIDE
+
+\end{document}