Re: [Condor-users] passing flags to an executable

[Si Hammond <simon.hammond@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a programme which accepts flags, such as setting a random seed.
>
> When I try, in my submission file to do something like
>
> executable = blabla -flag 1 -flag 2
>
> condor cannot start the runs, it breaks.

What error do you get?

> I thought that the best would be to write a script, where I have
>
> #!/bin/sh
> blabla -flag 1 -flag 2
>
> and then
>
> executable = script.sh
>
> but, of course, condor_submit complains about linkage... I guess I
> should compile sh and link it to condor... but it doens't look like
> the optimal solution
>
> Have you had this problem? And, if so, how do you do it?

Just wondering have you tried specifying the arguments property in the 
submit file? You can put -flag 1 etc in this.


> thanks,
>
> Pau
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Si Hammond

Performance Prediction and Analysis Lab,
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