Re: [Condor-devel] Transferring files from/to gsiftp servers with gt4 universe jobs

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Armstrong wrote:
> Hi Everyone.
>
> I'm working on using Condor as a Globus 4 MetaScheduler, and I've 
> decided that the only practical way to be able to use Condor to do this 
> is to be able to transfer input files from Globus gridftp sites, and 
> transfer the output files to gridftp sites.
>
> What I want to be able to do is have gsiftp urls in my job classad, and 
> have the globus resource that condor submits the job to stage them 
> itself. 

Hi Patrick -

Thank you very much for your interest, your feedback, and your patch!!!!

The idea of allowing the filenames specified in 
transfer_<input|output>_files to be fully qualified URLs is right in 
line with our plans/thinking.  Great minds think alike!

I have placed your patch into our development tracking system and 
flagged it for peer review.  You can following the goings-on and/or 
participate by browsing over to :
   http://nmi.cs.wisc.edu/node/1616
[what is NMI you ask?  NMI is the facility we use for nightly 
builds/regression tests...  think of it kinda like a sourceforge but 
with a larger emphasis on extreme programming model of nighty/continuous 
code builds and regression testing]

Assuming your patch makes it into the Condor code base, would you be 
willing to sign the Contributors License Agreement (CLA)?  Grab it from:
  http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/licenses/CLA-PUBLIC.pdf
The wording of Condor's CLA is practically identical to the CLA used by 
Apache.  If you've every sent in a patch to any Apache project, they 
will ask you to sign a nearly identical agreement.  The idea is for the 
intellectual property protection of the project (i.e. keep it open 
source) and for the protection of the contributors (i.e. you are 
providing this patch "as is" w/o any warranty, you are not obligated to 
support it, etc).


> Let me know what you think.

Feedback to discuss the idea in general if fine to continue on 
condor-devel --- feedback that is specific to this patch should prolly 
be added as comments to the URL http://nmi.cs.wisc.edu/node/1616.

Again, thanks so much Patrick!!!  Feedback from the community will 
always make Condor better from everyone, and actual code patches are 
some of the best feedback of all!

regards,
Todd

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