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condor_submit_dag - HTCondor Manual

Manage and queue jobs within a specified DAG for execution on remote machines

condor_submit_dag [-help | -version ]

condor_submit_dag [-no_submit ] [-verbose ] [-force ] [-dagman DagmanExecutable] [-maxidle NumberOfProcs] [-maxjobs NumberOfClusters] [-maxpre NumberOfPreScripts] [-maxpost NumberOfPostScripts] [-notification value] [-r schedd_name] [-debug level] [-usedagdir ] [-outfile_dir directory] [-config ConfigFileName] [-insert_sub_file FileName] [-append Command] [-batch-name batch_name] [-autorescue 0|1] [-dorescuefrom number] [-load_save filename] [-allowversionmismatch ] [-no_recurse ] [-do_recurse ] [-update_submit ] [-import_env ] [-include_env Variables] [-insert_env Key=Value] [-DumpRescue ] [-valgrind ] [-DontAlwaysRunPost ] [-AlwaysRunPost ] [-priority number] [-schedd-daemon-ad-file FileName] [-schedd-address-file FileName] [-suppress_notification ] [-dont_suppress_notification ] [-DoRecovery ] DAGInputFile1 [DAGInputFile2 ... DAGInputFileN ]

condor_submit_dag is the program for submitting a DAG (directed acyclic graph) of jobs for execution under HTCondor. The program enforces the job dependencies defined in one or more DAGInputFiles. Each DAGInputFile contains commands to direct the submission of jobs implied by the nodes of a DAG to HTCondor. Extensive documentation is in the HTCondor User Manual section on DAGMan.

Some options may be specified on the command line or in the configuration or in a node job's submit description file. Precedence is given to command line options or configuration over settings from a submit description file. An example is e-mail notifications. When configuration variable DAGMAN_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION is its default value of True, and a node job's submit description file contains

notification = Complete


e-mail will not be sent upon completion, as the value of DAGMAN_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION is enforced.

Display usage information and exit.
Display version information and exit.
Produce the HTCondor submit description file for DAGMan, but do not submit DAGMan as an HTCondor job.
Cause condor_submit_dag to give verbose error messages.
Require condor_submit_dag to overwrite the files that it produces, if the files already exist. Note that dagman.out will be appended to, not overwritten. If rescue files exist then DAGMan will run the original DAG and rename the rescue files. Any old-style rescue files will be deleted.
Allows the specification of an alternate condor_dagman executable to be used instead of the one found in the user's path. This must be a fully qualified path.
Sets the maximum number of idle procs allowed before condor_dagman stops submitting more node jobs. If this option is omitted then the number of idle procs is limited by the configuration variable DAGMAN_MAX_JOBS_IDLE which defaults to 1000. To disable this limit, set NumberOfProcs to 0. The NumberOfProcs can be exceeded if a nodes job has a queue command with more than one proc to queue. i.e. queue 500 will submit all procs even if NumberOfProcs is 250. In this case DAGMan will wait for for the number of idle procs to fall below 250 before submitting more jobs to the condor_schedd.
Sets the maximum number of clusters within the DAG that will be submitted to HTCondor at one time. Each cluster is associated with one node job no matter how many individual procs are in the cluster. NumberOfClusters is a non-negative integer. If this option is omitted then the number of clusters is limited by the configuration variable DAGMAN_MAX_JOBS_SUBMITTED which defaults to 0 (unlimited).
Sets the maximum number of PRE scripts within the DAG that may be running at one time. NumberOfPreScripts is a non-negative integer. If this option is omitted, the number of PRE scripts is limited by the configuration variable DAGMAN_MAX_PRE_SCRIPTS which defaults to 20.
Sets the maximum number of POST scripts within the DAG that may be running at one time. NumberOfPostScripts is a non-negative integer. If this option is omitted, the number of POST scripts is limited by the configuration variable DAGMAN_MAX_POST_SCRIPTS which defaults to 20.
Sets the e-mail notification for DAGMan itself. This information will be used within the HTCondor submit description file for DAGMan. This file is produced by condor_submit_dag. See the description of notification within condor_submit manual page for a specification of value.
Submit condor_dagman to a condor_schedd on a remote machine. It is assumed that any necessary files will be present on the remote machine via some method like a shared filesystem between the local and remote machines. The user also requires the correct permissions to submit remotely similarly to condor_submit's -remote option. If other options are desired, including transfer of other input files, consider using the -no_submit option and modifying the resulting submit file for specific needs before using condor_submit on the prouduced DAGMan job submit file.
Passes the the level of debugging output desired to condor_dagman. level is an integer, with values of 0-7 inclusive, where 7 is the most verbose output. See the condor_dagman manual page for detailed descriptions of these values. If not specified, no -debug Value is passed to condor_dagman.
This optional argument causes condor_dagman to run each specified DAG as if condor_submit_dag had been run in the directory containing that DAG file. This option is most useful when running multiple DAGs in a single condor_dagman. Note that the -usedagdir flag must not be used when running an old-style Rescue DAG.
Specifies the directory in which the .dagman.out file will be written. The directory may be specified relative to the current working directory as condor_submit_dag is executed, or specified with an absolute path. Without this option, the .dagman.out file is placed in the same directory as the first DAG input file listed on the command line.
Specifies a configuration file to be used for this DAGMan run. This configuration will apply to all DAGs submitted in via DAGMan. Note that only one custom configuration file can be specified for a DAGMan workflow which will cause a failure if used in conjuntion with a DAG using the CONFIG command.
Specifies a file to insert into the .condor.sub file created by condor_submit_dag. The specified file must contain only legal submit file commands. Only one file can be inserted. The specified file will override the file set by the configuration variable DAGMAN_INSERT_SUB_FILE. The specified file is inserted into the .condor.sub file before the queue command and any commands specified with the -append option.
Specifies a command to append to the .condor.sub file created by condor_submit_dag. The specified command is appended to the .condor.sub file immediately before the queue command and after any commands added via -insert_sub_file or DAGMAN_INSERT_SUB_FILE. Multiple commands are specified by using the -append option multiple times. Commands with spaces in them must be enclosed in double quotes.
Set the batch name for this DAG/workflow. The batch name is displayed by condor_q. If omitted DAGMan will set the batch name to DagFile+ClusterId where DagFile is the name of the primary DAG submitted DAGMan and ClusterId is the DAGMan proper jobs ClusterId. The batch name is set in all jobs submitted by DAGMan and propagated down into sub-DAGs. Note: set the batch name to ' ' (space) to avoid overriding batch names specified in node job submit files.
Whether to automatically run the newest rescue DAG for the given DAG file, if one exists (0 = false, 1 = true).
Forces condor_dagman to run the specified rescue DAG number for the given DAG. A value of 0 is the same as not specifying this option. Specifying a non-existent rescue DAG is a fatal error.
Specify a file with saved DAG progress to re-run the DAG from. If given a path DAGMan will attempt to read that file following that path. Otherwise, DAGMan will check for the file in the DAG's save_files sub-directory.
This optional argument causes condor_dagman to allow a version mismatch between condor_dagman itself and the .condor.sub file produced by condor_submit_dag (or, in other words, between condor_submit_dag and condor_dagman). WARNING! This option should be used only if absolutely necessary. Allowing version mismatches can cause subtle problems when running DAGs.
This optional argument causes condor_submit_dag to not run itself recursively on nested DAGs (this is now the default; this flag has been kept mainly for backwards compatibility).
This optional argument causes condor_submit_dag to run itself recursively on nested DAGs to pre-produce their .condor.sub files. DAG nodes specified with the SUBDAG EXTERNAL keyword or with submit file names ending in .condor.sub are considered nested DAGs. This flag is useful when the configuration variable DAGMAN_GENERATE_SUBDAG_SUBMITS is False (Not default).
This optional argument causes an existing .condor.sub file to not be treated as an error; rather, the .condor.sub file will be overwritten, but the existing values of -maxjobs, -maxidle, -maxpre, and -maxpost will be preserved.
This optional argument causes condor_submit_dag to import the current environment into the environment command of the .condor.sub file it generates.
This optional argument takes a comma separated list of enviroment variables to add to .condor.sub getenv environment filter which causes found matching environment variables to be added to the DAGMan manager jobs environment.
This optional argument takes a delimited string of Key=Value pairs to explicitly set into the .condor.sub files environment macro. The base delimiter is a semicolon that can be overriden by setting the first character in the string to a valid delimiting character. If multiple -insert_env flags contain the same Key then the last occurances Value will be set in the DAGMan jobs environment.
This optional argument tells condor_dagman to immediately dump a rescue DAG and then exit, as opposed to actually running the DAG. This feature is mainly intended for testing. The Rescue DAG file is produced whether or not there are parse errors reading the original DAG input file. The name of the file differs if there was a parse error.
This optional argument causes the submit description file generated for the submission of condor_dagman to be modified. The executable becomes valgrind run on condor_dagman, with a specific set of arguments intended for testing condor_dagman. Note that this argument is intended for testing purposes only. Using the -valgrind option without the necessary valgrind software installed will cause the DAG to fail. If the DAG does run, it will run much more slowly than usual.
This option causes the submit description file generated for the submission of condor_dagman to be modified. It causes condor_dagman to not run the POST script of a node if the PRE script fails.
This option causes the submit description file generated for the submission of condor_dagman to be modified. It causes condor_dagman to always run the POST script of a node, even if the PRE script fails.
Sets the minimum job priority of node jobs submitted and running under the condor_dagman job submitted by this condor_submit_dag command.
Specifies a full path to a daemon ad file dropped by a condor_schedd. Therefore this allows submission to a specific scheduler if several are available without repeatedly querying the condor_collector. The value for this argument defaults to the configuration attribute SCHEDD_DAEMON_AD_FILE.
Specifies a full path to an address file dropped by a condor_schedd. Therefore this allows submission to a specific scheduler if several are available without repeatedly querying the condor_collector. The value for this argument defaults to the configuration attribute SCHEDD_ADDRESS_FILE.
Causes jobs submitted by condor_dagman to not send email notification for events. The same effect can be achieved by setting configuration variable DAGMAN_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION to True. This command line option is independent of the -notification command line option, which controls notification for the condor_dagman job itself.
Causes jobs submitted by condor_dagman to defer to content within the submit description file when deciding to send email notification for events. The same effect can be achieved by setting configuration variable DAGMAN_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION to False. This command line flag is independent of the -notification command line option, which controls notification for the condor_dagman job itself. If both -dont_suppress_notification and -suppress_notification are specified with the same command line, the last argument is used.
Causes condor_dagman to start in recovery mode. This means that DAGMan reads the relevant .nodes.log file to restore its previous state of node completions and failures to continue running.



condor_submit_dag will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon success, and it will exit with the value 1 (one) upon failure.

To run a single DAG:

$ condor_submit_dag diamond.dag


To run a DAG when it has already been run and the output files exist:

$ condor_submit_dag -force diamond.dag


To run a DAG, limiting the number of idle node jobs in the DAG to a maximum of five:

$ condor_submit_dag -maxidle 5 diamond.dag


To run a DAG, limiting the number of concurrent PRE scripts to 10 and the number of concurrent POST scripts to five:

$ condor_submit_dag -maxpre 10 -maxpost 5 diamond.dag


To run two DAGs, each of which is set up to run in its own directory:

$ condor_submit_dag -usedagdir dag1/diamond1.dag dag2/diamond2.dag


HTCondor Team

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August 25, 2024