Name

       condor_run Submit - a shell command-line as an HTCondor job

Synopsis

       condor_run [-u universe] "shell command"

Description

       condor_run  bundles  a  shell  command  line into an HTCondor job and submits the job. The
       condor_run command waits for the HTCondor job to complete, writes the job's output to  the
       terminal,  and exits with the exit status of the HTCondor job. No output appears until the
       job completes.

       Enclose  the  shell  command  line  in  double  quote  marks,  so  it  may  be  passed  to
       condor_runwithout  modification. condor_runwill not read input from the terminal while the
       job executes. If the shell command line requires input, redirect the input from a file, as
       illustrated by the example

       % condor_run  "myprog < input.data"

       condor_runjobs  rely  on a shared file system for access to any necessary input files. The
       current working directory of the job must be accessible to the machine within the HTCondor
       pool where the job runs.

       Specialized  environment  variables  may  be  used to specify requirements for the machine
       where the job may run.

       CONDOR_ARCH

          Specifies the architecture of the required platform. Values will be  the  same  as  the
          Arch machine ClassAd attribute.

       CONDOR_OPSYS

          Specifies the operating system of the required platform. Values will be the same as the
          OpSys machine ClassAd attribute.

       CONDOR_REQUIREMENTS

          Specifies any additional requirements for the HTCondor job. It is recommended that  the
          value defined for  CONDOR_REQUIREMENTS be enclosed in parenthesis.

       When one or more of these environment variables is specified, the job is submitted with:

       Requirements = $CONDOR_REQUIREMENTS && Arch == $CONDOR_ARCH && \

         OpSys == $CONDOR_OPSYS

       Without these environment variables, the job receives the default requirements expression,
       which requests a machine of the  same  platform  as  the  machine  on  which  condor_runis
       executed.

       All  environment  variables  set  when  condor_runis  executed  will  be  included  in the
       environment of the HTCondor job.

       condor_runremoves the HTCondor job from the queue and  deletes  its  temporary  files,  if
       condor_runis killed before the HTCondor job completes.

Options

       -u universe

          Submit the job under the specified universe. The default is vanilla. While any universe
          may be specified, only the vanilla, standard, scheduler, and local universes result  in
          a submit description file that may work properly.

Examples

       condor_runmay  be  used  to  compile an executable on a different platform. As an example,
       first set the environment variables for the required platform:

       % setenv CONDOR_ARCH "SUN4u"
       % setenv CONDOR_OPSYS "SOLARIS28"

       Then, use condor_runto submit the compilation as in the following three examples.

       % condor_run  "f77 -O -o myprog myprog.f"

       or

       % condor_run  "make"

       or

       % condor_run  "condor_compile cc -o myprog.condor myprog.c"

Files

       condor_runcreates the following temporary files  in  the  user's  working  directory.  The
       placeholder <pid> is replaced by the process id of condor_run.

       .condor_run .<pid>

          A shell script containing the shell command line.

       .condor_submit.<pid>

          The submit description file for the job.

       .condor_log.<pid>

          The  HTCondor job's log file; it is monitored by condor_run , to determine when the job
          exits.

       .condor_out.<pid>

          The output of the HTCondor job before it is output to the terminal.

       .condor_error.<pid>

          Any error messages for the HTCondor job before they are output to the terminal.

          condor_run removes these files when the job completes. However, if condor_run fails, it
          is  possible  that  these  files  will  remain in the user's working directory, and the
          HTCondor job may remain in the queue.

General Remarks

       condor_runis intended for submitting simple shell command lines to HTCondor. It  does  not
       provide  the  full functionality of condor_submit. Therefore, some condor_submiterrors and
       system failures may not be handled correctly.

       All processes specified within the single shell command  line  will  be  executed  on  the
       single  machine matched with the job. HTCondor will not distribute multiple processes of a
       command line pipe across multiple machines.

       condor_runwill use the shell specified in the  SHELL environment variable, if one  exists.
       Otherwise, it will use /bin/shto execute the shell command-line.

       By  default,  condor_runexpects  Perl  to  be  installed  in   /usr/bin/perl  . If Perl is
       installed in another  path,  ask  the  Condor  administrator  to  edit  the  path  in  the
       condor_runscript, or explicitly call Perl from the command line:

       % perl path-to-condor/bin/condor_run  "shell-cmd"

Exit Status

       condor_runexits  with a status value of 0 (zero) upon complete success. The exit status of
       condor_runwill be non-zero upon failure. The exit status in the case of a single error due
       to a system call will be the error number ( errno ) of the failed call.

Author

       Center for High Throughput Computing, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Copyright

       Copyright   (C)   1990-2013  Center  for  High  Throughput  Computing,  Computer  Sciences
       Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All  Rights  Reserved.  Licensed
       under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

                                           January 2014                             condor_run(1)