Re: [HTCondor-users] Submit python on to windows host

["Roger Herikstad" <roger.herikstad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ben,
 Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I actually did get it to work by, as you suggested, setting the executable to be the python interpreter. So my submit file now looks like this:

	universe = vanilla
	executable = c:\Anaconda\python.exe
	arguments = testscript.py
	transfer_input_files = testscript.py
	requirements = OpSys == "WINDOWS" && Arch == "INTEL"
	transfer_executable = false
	output = testscript.out
	error = testscript.err
	log = testscript.log

This is good enough for now. The reason I wanted to use the script as the executable initially is that I was hoping that the OS on the Windows machine would figure out how to run python script using its default python interpreter. In other words, I wanted a way to emulate the effect of adding the following 'shebang' on a unix machine
#!/usr/bin/env python
I realise that that's probably not a good idea anyway, since then I'd have no control over which packages are available on that particular machine. By specifying the path to a particular interpreter, I avoid that uncertainty. 
Anyway, thanks again for the help.

~ Roger
On 6 Jan 2015, at 23:19, Ben Cotton wrote:

> Roger,
>
> Offhand, I'm inclined to think the issue is that user condor-slot1 has
> a different environment than the user (you?) who runs testscript.py
> interactively. Specifically, I'm guessing that the Python interpreter
> is not in its path. If you set your executable to be
> C:\Python27\python.exe (or whatever is appropriate for your system)
> and use testscript.py as an argument, does that work?
>
> You might also consider setting the STARTER_JOB_ENVIRONMENT and
> JOB_INHERITS_STARTER_ENVIRONMENT configuration macros on your Windows
> host, or the job's environment setting:
> http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/manual/v8.2/condor_submit.html#man-condor-submit-environment
>
> Or I could be entirely wrong about the reason your job is failing. :-)
>
>
> Thanks,
> BC
>
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