Re: [HTCondor-users] Removal of PreCmd and PostCmd from the 25.11.0

Hello,

I am testing the HTCondor version 25.11.0 to use it in our system and I found that the PreCmd and PostCmd actions for the jobs are not longer usable.

At EUMETSAT we heavily use this functionality to integrate condor with our orchestrator, and it will be complex to stop using the functionality they provide (running a task before and after the execution of the main job)

Tracking the JIRA I found HTCONDOR-3635, that is speaking about removing that options from documentation.

Does this mean these options will disappear?

Do you have plans to provide an alternative option? (in this case I can migrate our systems, but is going to take time)

If the plan is to keep these options behind some "advance mode" is also not an issue, for the moment I will keep our systems in 25.8.2 or in the 25 LTS branch.

Best Regards,

Andrés Ayala

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