Re: [Condor-users] condor_submit -unused

[Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>]

I think you are supposed to do

+ShortName = Foo

for any and all non-standard classad arguments, i.e.
those that are not normally in a job classad.

Steve


On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Ian Stokes-Rees wrote:

> I am trying to add an attribute to my classads:
>
> ShortName = Foo
>
> When I submit the job I get a warning message about the attribute being 
> unused.  When I do "condor_q -l JOB_ID" the attribute ShortName is not there 
> anymore.  I must be doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what, since 
> I understood this was a standard property of ClassAd's -- the ability to add 
> arbitrary properties.  The -unused option on condor_submit sounded like it 
> might be the solution, however this just supresses the warning.  The 
> ShortName attribute is still removed.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> On a related note, does Condor provide any "introspection" capabilities so a 
> running job that knows it is being run through Condor can query the system 
> for its current ClassAd?
>
> Ian
>
> man page extract for condor_submit:
>
>      -unused
>
>         As a default, causes no warnings to be issued about user-defined 
> macros not being used within  the  submit  description  file.  The
>         meaning  reverses  (toggles)  when  the  configuration  variable 
> WARN_ON_UNUSED_SUBMIT_FILE_MACROSis set to the nondefault value of
>         False. Printing the warnings can help identify spelling errors of 
> submit description  file  commands.  The  warnings  are  sent  to
>         stderr.

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