Re: [Condor-users] CurrentTime = ?

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nothing explicitly sets CurrentTime in a job ad. When Condor needs to  
evaluate an expression containing CurrentTime, it calls the standard  
C function time() and uses the result as the value of CurrentTime.

 -- Jaime

On May 21, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Jones, Torrin A ((US SSA)) wrote:

> Exactly.  That's why I need to set CurrentTime myself instead of  
> relying
> on the Condor DRMAA library to do it.  I never figured out how to find
> out what the current time is (from Condor), but I did figure out  
> how to
> calculate it correctly using QT.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [Condor-users] CurrentTime = ?
>
>
> On May 17, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Jones, Torrin A ((US SSA)) wrote:
>
> > I just started using Condor in the last month.  I'm using the drmaa
> > library to submit jobs to condor.  However setting DRMAA_START_TIME
> > doesn't work correctly.  The code is hardcoded to always set . . .
> >
> > PeriodicRelease     =(CurrentTime > 0)
> > Hold                = True
> >
> > So I'm working around the problem using
> > DRMAA_NATIVE_SPECIFICATION.  The
> > problem is I need to calculate the time to set.  Apparently, it's the
> > difference in seconds between the time you want to run and January 1,
> > 1970 at 00:00.
> >
> > However when I run the job, it always runs right away.  That means my
> > calculation is incorrect.  I've checked it over, and it seems  
> > correct.
> > So my question is, how can I get what CurrentTime is set to from
> > condor?
>
> CurrentTime is a special attribute that represents the current time
> when an expression is evaluated. It's represented as the current unix
> time (number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970). So you'd want an
> expression like this:
> PeriodicRelease = CurrentTime > [time you want your job to start at]
>
> The hardcoded expression above is strange, as it will always evaluate
> to True.
>
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|           Jaime Frey           | I used to be a heavy gambler.     |
|       jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx        | But now I just make mental bets.  |
| http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~jfrey/ | That's how I lost my mind.        |
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