Re: [Condor-users] Environment problems in submit files

[Dan Bradley <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrey Kaliazin wrote:

> Thanks Dan,
>
> I guess I have to go back to 6.6.9 and wait until those changes make way
> into release. 
> Will it be 6.7.9 or the next one?

Even if the full solution is not available, I will make sure there is at 
least a workaround solution for 6.7.9.

> Am I right to assume that the upcoming 6.6.10 will keep the old style
> behaviour in this case?
Yes.

--Dan

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Bradley
> > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:11 PM
> > To: Condor-Users Mail List
> > Subject: Re: [Condor-users] Environment problems in submit files
> >
> > Andrey,
> >
> > There was a change in behavior between 6.6.x and 6.7.x with 
> > respect to 
> > environment settings when submitting between unix and windows.  
> > Basically, you always use the delimiter that is appropriate for the 
> > _submit_ node and Condor takes care of translating this to the 
> > appropriate syntax for the execute node when the job 
> > description is sent 
> > there.  As part of the change, there was supposed to be introduced a 
> > mechanism for escaping delimiters, but this has not made it into a 
> > release yet.  It was an oversight on my part to let the one change be 
> > released without providing the other capability.  Sorry about that.
> >
> > In the mean time, you might be able to take advantage of a 
> > new feature 
> > in 6.7.x (on the execute-node side) that allows you to configure the 
> > runtime environment of the job.
> >
> > http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v6.7/3_3Configuration.html#10674
> >
> > For example, you should be able to configure it like this in 
> > the config 
> > file that is read by your windows execute machines:
> >
> > STARTER_JOB_ENVIRONMENT = 
> > path=c:\cygwin\bin;c:\windows;c:\windows\system32
> >
> > --Dan
> >
> > Andrey Kaliazin wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > We are using Windows XP computing farm with the Linux server and
> > > some users also find it convenient to submit windows binaries
> > >      
> > >
> > > from the Linux box. And it used to work just fine until the 
> > Linux submit box
> >    
> >
> > > was upgraded from 6.6.8 to 6.7.7 version.
> > > The problem emerged that the following line in submit file - 
> > >      
> > very convenient
> >    
> >
> > > way to set up the job environment - 
> > >
> > > environment = path=c:\cygwin\bin;c:\windows;c:\windows\system32
> > >
> > > - is no longer accepted. The semicolon (;) is treated as a field
> > > separator character and is not escapable in any standard way I tried.
> > >
> > > In the manual it is said indeed, that the (;) is a field separator
> > > when submitting from UNIX boxes, while windows compute nodes require
> > > semicolon as a path separator.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to insert character (;) into environment variable
> > > or to tell condor_submit which character to use as a field 
> > >      
> > separator instead
> >    
> >
> > > of
> > > semicolon?
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Andrey Kaliazin
> > >
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