Re: [Condor-users] RE: condor_config_val macro bug?

[Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>]

condor_config_val -name (collector.host) LOCAL_CONFIG_FILE
(i.e, the variable name instead of the -config option) will
give you the LOCAL_CONFIG_FILE variable of the central host.

Steve


On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Matt Hope wrote:

> On 7/21/05, Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >
> <reformatted>
> > > LOCAL_CONFIG_FILE =
> > > $(NET_DIR)\etc\globalClient\$(HOSTNAME)\condor_config.local
> > >
> > >
> > > When I run 'condor_config_val -name dell001 -config' on dell001, I get
> > > this output:
> > >
> > > Config file:
> > >
> > >         //manager/condor/etc/globalMaster/condor_config
> > >
> > > Local config file:
> > >
> > >         \\manager\Condor\etc\globalClient\dell001\condor_config.local
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > However, when I run 'condor_config_val -name dell001 -config' on
> > > dell015, I get this output:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Config file:
> > >
> > >         //manager/condor/etc/globalMaster/condor_config
> > >
> > > Local config file:
> > >
> > >         \\manager\Condor\etc\globalClient\dell015\condor_config.local
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It appears that condor_config_val is substituting the $(HOSTNAME) macro
> > > based on the querying machine and not the machine being queried.  Is
> > > this intended or have I discovered a bug?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I hope the behavior Sean is describing below is a feature, because
> > I use it to make different config files for different hosts.
> 
> I believe Sean is objecting not to the evaluation of $(HOSTNAME) at
> the initial config file parsing stage (i.e. daemon startup/reconfig)
> but by the remote config interrogation provided by condor_config_val.
> It is being evaluated in relation to the *requesting* machine rather
> than the *responding* machine when remote requesting the value from
> another machine, which sounds like a bug to me...
> 
> Matt
> 
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