Re: [Condor-users] defaults for submit files

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

dalonso wrote:
> How does one set system wide defaults for condor submit description files?
>
> E.G. I want all jobs submitted on our main submit host to default to:
> copy_to_spool=FALSE
>  I'm on the verge of replacing condor_submit with a perl wrapper that 
> does that.
>
> Could  that be set when I installed?

Not sure what version of Condor you are using, but in recent versions of 
Condor copy_to_spool defaults to false for all job universes besides 
STANDARD.

To answer your question: for most job attributes, you can use 
SUBMIT_EXPRS (see below).  But I don't think SUBMIT_EXPRS will help you 
here, as copy_to_spool is a bit different, since it isn't just an 
attribute in the job classad - the value of copy_to_spool is not just 
copied into the job classad, but it actually tells condor_submit if it 
should send the executable to the schedd or not.

You could prolly make use of the "-a" command-line option to 
condor_submit, however, as it will make your wrapper trivial (i guess it 
could even just be a shell alias).

regards,
Todd


From the Condor Manual:
SUBMIT_EXPRS
    A comma-separated list of ClassAd attributes to be inserted into 
all the job ClassAds that condor_submit creates. This is equivalent to 
the "+" syntax in a submit description file. Attributes defined in the 
submit description file with "+" will override attributes defined in the 
configuration file with SUBMIT_EXPRS. Note that adding an attribute to a 
job's ClassAd will not function as a method for specifying default 
values of submit description file commands forgotten in a job's submit 
description file. The command in the submit description file results in 
actions by condor_submit, while the use of SUBMIT_EXPRS adds a job 
ClassAd attribute at a later point in time.

> Thanks,
> Darwin
>
> Darwin O.V. Alonso
> dalonso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dept. Biochem. J558-HSB
> University of Washington
> 1705 NE Pacific St
> Seattle WA 98195-7350
>
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