Re: [HTCondor-users] Don't understand RETRY in DAGMan [I think I see the problem] (fwd)

["R. Kent Wenger" <wenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops -- I just did a reply to sender and didn't send this to the list.  I 
thought I should send it to the list, just to make this clear:  doing

  condor_submit_dag -f <whatever>.dag

will prevent any rescue DAGs from being used (the -f is what's 
significant).

Kent

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:46:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: R. Kent Wenger <wenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Finch, Ralph@DWR" <Ralph.Finch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [HTCondor-users] Don't understand RETRY in DAGMan [I think I see
    the problem]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Finch, Ralph@DWR wrote:

>  Why the difference? In the batch file I delete all prior HTC individual log
>  filesâI realize now the Rescue process needs those log files to properly
>  continue. Well, in my defense, keeping the HTC log files is not mentioned as
>  a requirement in the manual.
>
>  Iâll modify my script, test it, and if this is true Iâll post an update to
>  the email list. Sorry about the confusion.

Actually, the problem is that you're passing the -force flag to 
condor_submit_dag on the runs that ignore the rescue dag.  You don't need the 
individual log files for the rescue DAG to work.

In the condor_submit_dag man page, the description of -force mentions that it 
will prevent a rescue DAG from being used, but I guess that needs to be added 
to the rescue DAG subsection of the main DAGMan section.

Kent Wenger
CHTC Team