[Radiance-general] calculation consistency & notebook "sleep"?

[Rob Guglielmetti]

Hi everyone (happy holidays!)-

Quick question.  Since I use a laptop (PowerBook/OSX) to do my Radiance 
experiments, I have always been loath to start any lengthy calculations 
on it, since I inevitably need to put the thing to "sleep" for 
transport to/from work, etc.  The long calcs always run on a PC I have 
at the office.  But it would be nice to be able to do test scenes on my 
laptop, and not have to worry about interrupting the process when I put 
the thing to sleep.  So the question is, CAN I?  That is to say, what 
happens if I start an rpict or rad process, then put the laptop to 
sleep?  If I wake it up later will it pick up where it left off, or 
will there be errors in the calculation from that point on?

An inquiring mind wants to know.

Rob Guglielmetti
rpg@rumblestrip.org
www.rumblestrip.org