Re: [HTCondor-users] alternative scratch directory?

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Sep 5, 2016, at 2:23 AM, Raul Lopes <rlopes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Todd,
> 
> remote_initaldir should be what I need. I hadn't noticed it. I am
> assuming that it will change to the specified directory and use
> it in the same way as the scratch dir.

No, it will only change the current working directory. It will not work the same way as the scratched directory. 

> Some of my users would
> like to follow the output of their MPI and abaqus jobs in real time
> without logging into worker nodes.
> 

Ah. Perhaps the condor_tail command line tool will serve your purpose? See "man condor_tail". 

Usually when jobs opt not to use the scratch directory, it is because they are using some shared file system directory...

Hope the above helps
Todd


> I'll test  it.
> 
> Thanks, raul
> 
> Todd Tannenbaum wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 4, 2016, at 11:12 AM, RAUL H C LOPES <rlopes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I wonder if it is possible to specify an alternative scratch directory for certain jobs.  I thought, for example,  that I could use +PreCmd to change to a directory different than the default scratch dir, before the job started. However,
>>> 
>>> I would like to be able to use this for the parallel universe.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks, raul
>> 
>> You can certainly specify the initial working directory for the job to be something other than the scratch directory via the submit file macro
>>   remote_initialdir = /some/path
>> 
>> See the man condor_submit. 
>> 
>> Or did you have something else in mind ?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Todd
>> 
>>> 
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