Re: [Condor-users] mcnp5 and condor -- file not found, unit 39?

["Matt Hope" <matthew.hope@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/15/07, Grant Goodyear <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Matt Hope <matthew.hope@...> writes:
>
> > should you be able to set this via the submit file? i.e on windows
> > environment = TEMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%
> > or
> > environment = TEMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%\temp
> >
> > (note to users - you _probably_ want it to be in a subdirectory since
> > the temp files will then not be transfered back by default which is
> > probably the desired behaviour)
> > Obviously the \temp one has issues of your app needing to ensure that
> > said directory exists before using it but this is probably possible
> >
> > It would be quite nice to be able to automatically make this happen
> > (at the moment I use a batch script and rely on starting in the
> > execute directory but the more I can move out of the batch file the
> > better.
> >
> > to do this in a batch (cmd) file on windows
> >
> > echo "making temp directory in current working directory"
> > mkdir temp
> > set TMP=%CD%\temp
> > set TEMP=%CD%\temp
>
> I ended up using a batch file very similar to this one.  Thanks!
> That was an enormous help.
>
> I would have liked using
>
>  environment = "TMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR% TEMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%"
>
> in the submission file instead, but I'm not seeing the environment set.
>
> Here's my test case.  Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>
> testenv.sub
> -----------
>
> Executable = testenv.bat
> Universe   = vanilla
> Output     = testenv.out
> Log        = testenv.log
> Error      = testenv.err
> environment = "TEMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR% TMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%"
> should_transfer_files = YES
> when_to_transfer_output = ON_EXIT
>
> queue
>
> testenv.bat
> -----------
>
> echo "Should be set by submission file:"
> echo "TMP:  ", %TMP%
> echo "TEMP: ", %TEMP%
> set TMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%
> set TEMP=%_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%
> echo "Set in batch file:"
> echo "TMP:  ", %TMP%
> echo "TEMP: ", %TEMP%
>
> testenv.out
> -----------
>
> "Should be set by submission file:"
> "TMP:  ", %_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%
> "TEMP: ", %_CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR%
> "Set in batch file:"
> "TMP:  ", C:\condor\execute\dir_5652
> "TEMP: ", C:\condor\execute\dir_5652

At a guess either:
The submission process is escaping the % characters
or
The insertion of _CONDOR_SCRATCH_DIR into the environment happens
after the others...
I'm guessing the latter.

Note that windows shell and most *nix related sheels behave
differently (even though neither is useful for the problem at hand),
for example

cmd:
C:\WINNT>set FOO=%BAR%
C:\WINNT>echo %FOO%
%BAR%
C:\WINNT>set BAR=REAL
C:\WINNT>set FOO=%BAR%
C:\WINNT>echo %FOO%
REAL

verses bash on cygwin

$ export FOO=$BAR
$ echo ...$FOO...
......
$ export BAR=REAL
$ export FOO=$BAR
$ echo ...$FOO...
...REAL...

If it is the ordering then you're a bit stuck unless someone changes
the logic inside condor sorry

Matt