Re: [HTCondor-users] Windows batch file parameter with spaces

[jcalitz <j.calitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Todd

When using

arguments = "$$(R_PATH)" $(Process)

I'm getting this error on submission:

Unexpected characters following double-quote.  Did you forget to escape the double-quote by repeating it?  Here is the quote and trailing characters: " 0
The full arguments you specified were: "$$(R_PATH)" 0

If using

arguments = \"$$(R_PATH)\" $(Process)

it submits, but the error file reports:

'C:\condor\var\execute\dir_5140\condor_exec.bat" "\"C:\Program\\"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Kind regards
Hannes

On 02/04/15 11:19, Todd Tannenbaum wrote:

On 3/31/2015 10:04 PM, jcalitz wrote:

Hi

I'm trying to pass the path of Rscript, stored as a variable on the
execution machine, as a parameter to a batch script.  The path is
however split at the space when passed to the batch file.

On the execution node, the owner will have

HAS_R = True
R_PATH = "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.1.1\bin"
STARTD_ATTRS = HAS_R, R_PATH, $(STARTD_ATTRS)

On the submission machine, the submission file contains

Executable = run$$(OpSys).bat
transfer_input_files = test.R
arguments = $$(R_PATH) $(Process)

When HTCondor has a .bat as an executable, it runs it via cmd.exe. I thought on Windows cmd.exe shell, to pass command line arguments with spaces as a single argument you would enclose in double quotes.  So perhaps just change the above arguments line to

   arguments = "$$(R_PATH)" $(Process)

?

Hope this helps
Todd



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