[SAGA-RG] adapter should mkdir working_directory?

[Yutaka Kawai]

Thank you for your comments.

Then, I will try to implement the mkdir woriking dir behavior for PBS 
adapter also and keep memo for its document according to SAGA spec.

Regards,
Yutaka

Yutaka Kawai  ?? ?
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Andre Merzky wrote:
> Quoting [Thilo Kielmann] (Jul 10 2009):
>   
>> This sounds like reasonable behavior.
>>
>> However, it MUST be documented. And I wonder if this is something that
>> could be implementation-specific or better not?
>> Do we have to add a gazillion of "what happens if" in the SAGA spec??? 
>> If not, will SAGA applications ever be portable across implementations???
>>     
>
> The strategy so far has been to pinpoint semantics as
> tightly as possible, when there is agreement about the
> desired behaviour, and then require implementations to
> motivate and document when they deviate from that semantics.
> Seems reasonable in that case, too, I'd say?  That strategy
> would make this an errata item.
>
> Best, Andre.
>
>
>   
>> Thilo
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 06:39:18AM +0200, Andre Merzky wrote:
>>     
>>> From: Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net>
>>> To: Hartmut Kaiser <hkaiser at cct.lsu.edu>
>>> Cc: 'SAGA RG' <saga-rg at ogf.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [SAGA-RG] adapter should mkdir working_directory?
>>>
>>> Quoting [Hartmut Kaiser] (Jul 10 2009):
>>>       
>>>>> I'm Yutaka Kawai @KEK, woriking for SAGA adapter implementation for
>>>>> NAREGI and PBS.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a question about adapter behavior for working_directory. If a
>>>>> user specify a working_directory in the job description but the
>>>>> directory does not exist, what is the suitable adapter's behavior?
>>>>> Should the adapter throw "DoesNotExist"? or mkdir the directory for the
>>>>> job? In the case of the current NAREGI, it mkdir the working directory
>>>>> in constructing its WFML. On the other hand, PBS does not. I want to
>>>>> decide whether adapters absorb the difference or not. Could you tell me
>>>>> the case of LFC also?
>>>>>           
>>>> I'm not aware of any rule implemented by all existing job adaptors, but I
>>>> think creating the directory is a viable solution as it improves the users
>>>> experience and makes SAGA easier to use. 
>>>>         
>>> +1
>>>
>>> Cheers, Andre.
>>>
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