Re: [HTCondor-users] Unexpected feature for Condor 8.0.2 (debugging variable expansion)

["R. Kent Wenger" <wenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Antonio Chay wrote:

> I've installed  Condor 8.0.2 (as recommended by Kent), and finally,
> I've got the variable expansion working for "Initialdir".
>
> But, while making more tests I've found the following behavior:
>
> #file template1.condor
> Notification = Never
> Universe   = vanilla
> Executable = /bin/bash
> request_memory = 1 GB
> request_cpus = 1
> Log        = log
> Output     = out
> Error      = err
> should_transfer_files = YES
> Arguments  = "-c 'echo ""$(MESSAGE)""; exit 0'"
> Initialdir = dir.$(OUTPUT)
> Queue
>
> # file test.dag
> JOB A template1.condor
> VARS A MESSAGE="HOLA MUNDO" OUTPUT="1"
>
> ---
>
> At the "dir.1" I've got this output:
>
> 1
> err
> log
>
> Instead of having an "out" file with the standard output of the
> script, I've got a file named "1" with the output (looks like Output
> was replaced with 1 too).
>
> How can I debug variable expansion within CondorDAG?

The problem is that your variable is named OUTPUT.  That ends up 
overriding the 'output = out' specified in your submit file.  Just make 
your variable name something different and it will work.

> (I would like to write/see the final submit file submitted by
> CondorDAG, condor_submit_dag -debug 7 doesn't print the submit file).

You mean the submit file for DAGMan itself?  That's test.dag.condor.sub.

Kent Wenger
CHTC Team