Re: [Condor-users] How to stop condor from removing working directory

[Scott Koranda <skoranda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am trying to debug a problem with "grid" universe jobs in Condor and 
> my life would be made much easier if I could temporarily stop Condor 
> from deleting the job working directory (or directories).  I can't find 
> any reference to this in section 3.3 (Configuration) of the Condor 
> manual.  Is there some way to do this?  Ideally, just on a per-user (or 
> even per-job, if it can go in a ClassAd) basis, but I could survive with 
> a global setting.

I found this in the condor_config:

## KEEP_OUTPUT_SANDBOX is an optional feature to tell Condor-G to not
## remove the job spool when the job leaves the queue.  To use, just
## set to TRUE.  Since you will be operating Condor-G in this manner,
## you may want to put leave_in_queue = false in your job submit
## description files, to tell Condor-G to simply remove the job from
## the queue immediately when the job completes (since the output files
## will stick around no matter what).
#KEEP_OUTPUT_SANDBOX = False

I have not tried it, but it sounds like it might help with
your problem.

HTH,

Scott