[Condor-users] Forcing a job classad from config file?

["Doak Bane" <doak.bane@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What I want is to force all job classads to (by default) take on the value 
for MaxJobRetirementTime as defined in a config file. Just defining a value 
in the config file does not pass any value to job classads. Jobs just get 
truly preempted, with no chance to retire, and restart later. I also tried 
this:
   MaxJobRetirementTime = 3600
   SUBMIT_EXPRS = MaxJobRetirementTime

With, or without, the SUBMIT_EXPRS all job classads still show:
   MaxJobRetirementTime = 0

Of course, if MaxJobRetirementTime is explicitly defined in the submit 
command file then things work correctly and jobs retire as expected.

Is there a way to make this work besides trickery with wrappers or changing 
all submit files?

Thanks,
Doak Bane