Re: [HTCondor-users] Change interactive job working directory to user home directory

[Jason Patton <jpatton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Glen,

The other replies on this thread are worth considering, but if you're still interested in the use case you described, my follow up question is do you happen to know if the old cluster set FILESYSTEM_DOMAIN to the same value on the access (i.e. submit) points and execution points, and did this change in the upgraded cluster?

https://htcondor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/admin-manual/configuration-macros.html#FILESYSTEM_DOMAIN

Jason

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 3:10âAM Beyer, Christoph <christoph.beyer@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

it should be no problem though depending on what the plans are for there to happen - as Jeff stated things can get messy pretty quick ;)Â

Best

christoph

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Von: "Jeff Templon" <templon@xxxxxxxxx>
An: "HTCondor-Users Mail List" <htcondor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Montag, 24. Februar 2025 09:57:09
Betreff: Re: [HTCondor-users] Change interactive job working directory to user home directory

Hi,

The answer Iâm going to give is given within the context of a large (thousands of processor cores) cluster, with home directories on NFS. Your situation may be different.

In our context, âworking directory = home directoryâ is a very bad idea, as it can lead to thousands of jobs hammering the home directory NFS file system, leading to degradation for all.

This is why we tell our users not to do this unless itâs unavoidable, and when they say itâs unavoidable, we ask them to explain it to us. Itâs almost never unavoidable :)

JT

On 23 Feb 2025, at 20:50, Rundblom, Glen <rundblom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,Â

If this question has been answered I apologize, I have not found a solution yet.Â

AÂuser of a newly upgraded cluster asked if it was possible to make an interactive job's working directory their home directory.Â

Their old cluster ran version 8.8 and their new cluster is running 23.0 and would like to have their home directory as their working directory in an interactive job like it was in version 8.8.

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Is there a setting to do this?

For now, they are using the command: cd to navigate to their home directory, but they would like the interactive job to just place them there at the start.Â

Thank you,

-Glen

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