[Condor-users] FW: Can I set a variable in a dagman file for all jobs?

[Ian Cottam <Ian.Cottam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Query from a colleague below.
thanks
-Ian

On 14/04/2011 15:34, "Mike Croucher" <Michael.Croucher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I currently have a dagman file that includes the following
>
>JOB   1   submit1.txt
>JOB   2   submit2.txt
>JOB   3   submit3.txt
>JOB   4   submit4.txt
>JOB   5   submit5.txt
>PARENT 1 CHILD 2
>PARENT 2 CHILD 3
>PARENT 3 CHILD 4
>PARENT 4 CHILD 5
>
>I would like to pass a variable to all 5 jobs.  At the moment, I do it
>like this.  The variable is the same for all 5 jobs i.e.
>
>VARS  1   numhid="200"
>VARS  2   numhid="200"
>VARS  3   numhid="200"
>VARS  4   numhid="200"
>VARS  5   numhid="200"
>
>Is there a cleaner way of doing this?  A one-liner maybe?
>
>Also, is there a variable that is unique to the controlling dag and does
>not vary from job to job?  I'd like to pass this to all of the jobs if
>possible.
>
>Cheers,
>Mike
>
>