In the current version of the software, it is possible to specify absolute paths as program names. That feature is probably going to disappear. This is the only field that may not be empty. These files will be written upon task completion. A task with cost 2 is supposed to require twice as many CPU cycles as a task with cost 1.
Costs can be decimal.
Each file name is a task description can be followed by options inside brackets, separated by pipes within the brackets. The file must be returned to the local host upon completion of that task that produces it. Useful to the scheduler when the user knows the size of an output files in advance. More example of task descriptions can be found in the example and test directories in the APST distribution. If no mode is specified, the only information returned is about numbers of tasks to be done, running, failed, or done.