Re: [Condor-users] Need to specify execute directory instead of dir_XXX

[Matthew Farrellee <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/13/2011 04:37 PM, Ralph Finch wrote:
> The condor 7.6.1 manual says "...a new temporary working directory for
> the job on the execute machine.  This directory is named “dir_XXX”,
> where XXX is the process ID of the condor_starter.  The directory is
> created in the $(EXECUTE) directory as specified in Condor’s
> configuration file."
>
> But, I have a peculiar application which needs to know the name of
> Condor's execute directories, on every remote machine. The easiest
> would be to simply specify the execute directory name in the
> condor_config file. Is this possible?
>
> If not the XXX part of the directory name is the PID...how can I have
> the submitting machine know the PID on each remote (execute) machine?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ralph Finch
> Delta Modeling Section
> California Dept. of Water Resources
> Sacramento, California USA

I don't think you can control that name. Why does the application need 
to know? If it just needs to know the Cwd for the running jobs you can 
control that with initial_dir on submission. The dir_XYZ can be thought 
of as just a scratch space for the job.

Best,


matt