Re: [Condor-users] filename including space

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:53 AM 10/8/2006, Kewley, J \(John\) wrote:
> > output = \'lo op.out\'
> > Submitting job(s)
> > ERROR: The 'output' takes exactly one argument (\'lo op.out\')
>
> Ah
>
> How about
>
> output='"lo op.out"'
>
> output='\"lo op.out\"'

** Short answer:

Instead of putting
   output = lo op.out
in your submit file, put the following:
   +out = "lo op.out"
and I think it will work (note the plus sign at the start of the 
line, as well as the double quotes).

** Explanation:

My guess is this may just be an issue w/ condor_submit's "helpful" 
error checking being over zealous.

So as a workaround you could use the "+" syntax in condor_submit.

When you use the "+" at the start of a line in a submit file, 
condor_submit does not try to do any parsing or error checking on the 
line --- it instead just directly inserts the expression following 
the plus sign into the job classad.  The good news about this is all 
of condor_submit's helpful (or harmful in this case) parsing is 
bypassed.  The bad news is this means you must strictly adhere to 
classad's syntax, which basically just means that strings must be 
enclosed in double quotes.  In addition, not all of the names in the 
submit file strictly match up with the attribute name in the classad 
--- for example, when you say
   output = whatever.out
in the submit file, condor_submit does some syntax and permission 
checking and then inserts the following into the job classad:
   out = "whatever.out"
So in the actual job classad, the attribute that controls where 
stdout goes is called "out", not "output".  Check the manual or just 
do a "condor_q -l" to see the "real" job classad attribute names.

regards,
Todd



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