[Condor-users] Compressing checkpoint file in condor

[Tanzima Zerin Islam <tz.islam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
 Looks like condor_shadow configuration file has an entry to instruct user jobs to compress checkpoints
whenever they can (using COMPRESS_PERIODIC_CKPT). Now, I was wondering is it a per machine based
configuration or a per user based and is it possible for a user to rather specify when he wants these
checkpoint to be compressed in the submission file? And also, what does it mean when the condor manual
says - 
"

COMPRESS_PERIODIC_CKPT

This boolean macro specifies whether the shadow should instruct applications to compress periodic checkpoints (when possible). The default is False.

"  
Does it mean that the application has to handle this compression or condor does it?

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

--Tan