Re: [HTCondor-users] Is there a non-hack way to have a submit description exit and throw an error message?

[John M Knoeller <johnkn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

8.5.7 will have error and warning keywords in submit (and config) files.

# this generates a message and aborts the submit
If $(INPUT_IS_INVALID)
   Error : -- $(INPUT_FILE) is invalid ----
Endif

# this generates a message and continues
If $(QESTIONABLE_BEHAVOR)
   Warning : You really shouldn't do that...
Endif

-tj

-----Original Message-----
From: HTCondor-users [mailto:htcondor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dimitri Maziuk
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 2:14 PM
To: htcondor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [HTCondor-users] Is there a non-hack way to have a submit description exit and throw an error message?

On 09/26/2016 12:29 PM, Michael Pelletier wrote:

> If $(INPUT_IS_INVALID)
>     Include : ---- $(INPUT_FILE) is invalid ----- endif queue 100

I'd just run it as a dag with validate.sh as either a pre script or a 1st node. This new shiny syntax for queuing a bunch of jobs over a glob of files is great, but the moment you have it, you start wanting things like that.

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Dimitri Maziuk
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