Re: [Condor-users] STARD_CRON and Windows batch script

[Cathrin Weiss <cweiss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ben,

Ben Cotton wrote:
> I've written a batch script (http://pastebin.com/dGzhEHsC) to populate
> ClassAds with the system manufacturer and model of Windows hosts for
> use in hibernation calculations.  When I run the script from cmd.exe
> it gives expected output:
>
> MANUF="Dell Inc."
> MODEL="OptiPlex 745"
>
> However, when I run it from the STARTD_CRON mechanism (Windows 7 x86,
> Condor version 7.5.3), I get the following ClassAds:
>
> HARDWARE_MANUF = "~27"
> HARDWARE_MODEL = "~27"
>
> What's apparently happening is that the variable is not getting set
> from the temporary file like it should be.  I looked in the logs (with
> STARTD_DEBUG = D_FULLDEBUG) and the only relevant entry is that it is
> executing the batch file with:
>
> C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /Q /C "C:\condor\libexec\hardware_probe.bat"
>
> Using the exact invocation as logged, I get the correct output.  This
> happens whether I run as bcotton or as Administrator.  Any ideas?
> Please tell me I'm missing something stupidly obvious. :-)


what immediately caught my attention is that you are using the %TEMP% 
environment variable. Have you made sure that this is correctly set when 
the stard_cron script is executing? My best guess is that the error 
comes from there ...

-- Cathrin



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Cathrin Weiss
Condor Project