[Condor-users] macro escape query

["Smith, Ian" <I.C.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Just a quick question on everyones favourite subject, escaping/quoting ;-(

I'm trying to get an evironment variable into the RSL for a job using Condor-G
and if I try this with globusrun it works a treat:

&(executable=/usr/ngs/PCGAMESS)(arguments= -r -f -p -i $(HOME)/bench11.inp -o /home/ngs0456/bench_output -ex /apps/pcgamess/7.x/bin)(jobType=mpi)(count = 8)(stdout=StdOut.txt)(stderr=StdErr.txt)

This will no doubt break wrongly because of the mail system but the important bit is
$(HOME) which should expand as an environment variable on the remote system.

In my Condor-G job description file, I started with

arguments= -r -f -p -i $(HOME)/bench11.inp -o /home/ngs0456/bench_output -ex /apps/pc-gamess/7.x/bin

and have tried seemingly every combination of backslashes and quotes on the $(HOME) bit but I still can't
get the right effect.

many thanks in advance,

-ian.


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Dr. Ian C. Smith,
e-Science Team,
University of Liverpool
Computing Services Department.