Re: [Condor-users] macro escape query

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Smith, Ian wrote:

> 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.

Your best bet is to use globus_rsl to set the arguments:

globus_rsl = (arguments=-r -f -p -i $(HOME)/bench11.inp)

Thanks and regards,
Jaime Frey
UW-Madison Condor Team