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# Content
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2 ###########################################################################
3 #
4 # H E L P F U N C T I O N S
5 #
6 ###########################################################################
7
8 import common
9
10 import sys, os, string
11
12 import tempfile
13
14 ###########################################################################
15 def usage():
16 print 'in usage()'
17 usa_string = common.prog_name + """ [options]
18
19 The most useful general options (use '-h' to get complete help):
20
21 -create -- Create all the jobs.
22 -submit n -- Submit the first n available jobs. Default is all.
23 -status -- check status of all jobs.
24 -getoutput|-get [range] -- get back the output of all jobs: if range is defined, only of selected jobs.
25 -extend -- Extend an existing task to run on new fileblocks if there.
26 -publish -- after the getouput, publish the data user in a local DBS instance.
27 -checkPublication [dbs_url datasetpath] -- checks if a dataset is published in a DBS.
28 -kill [range] -- kill submitted jobs.
29 -resubmit [range] -- resubmit killed/aborted/retrieved jobs.
30 -copyData [range [dest_se or dest_endpoint]] -- copy locally (in crab_working_dir/res dir) or on a remote SE your produced output,
31 already stored on remote SE.
32 -renewCredential -- renew credential on the server.
33 -clean -- gracefully cleanup the directory of a task.
34 -match|-testJdl [range] -- check if resources exist which are compatible with jdl.
35 -report -- print a short report about the task
36 -list [range] -- show technical job details.
37 -postMortem [range] -- provide a file with information useful for post-mortem analysis of the jobs.
38 -printId [range] -- print the job SID or Task Unique ID while using the server.
39 -createJdl [range] -- provide files with a complete Job Description (JDL).
40 -validateCfg [fname] -- parse the ParameterSet using the framework's Python API.
41 -continue|-c [dir] -- Apply command to task stored in [dir].
42 -h [format] -- Detailed help. Formats: man (default), tex, html, txt.
43 -cfg fname -- Configuration file name. Default is 'crab.cfg'.
44 -debug N -- set the verbosity level to N.
45 -v -- Print version and exit.
46
47 "range" has syntax "n,m,l-p" which correspond to [n,m,l,l+1,...,p-1,p] and all possible combination
48
49 Example:
50 crab -create -submit 1
51 """
52 print usa_string
53 sys.exit(2)
54
55 ###########################################################################
56 def help(option='man'):
57 help_string = """
58 =pod
59
60 =head1 NAME
61
62 B<CRAB>: B<C>ms B<R>emote B<A>nalysis B<B>uilder
63
64 """+common.prog_name+""" version: """+common.prog_version_str+"""
65
66 This tool B<must> be used from an User Interface and the user is supposed to
67 have a valid Grid certificate.
68
69 =head1 SYNOPSIS
70
71 B<"""+common.prog_name+"""> [I<options>] [I<command>]
72
73 =head1 DESCRIPTION
74
75 CRAB is a Python program intended to simplify the process of creation and submission of CMS analysis jobs to the Grid environment .
76
77 Parameters for CRAB usage and configuration are provided by the user changing the configuration file B<crab.cfg>.
78
79 CRAB generates scripts and additional data files for each job. The produced scripts are submitted directly to the Grid. CRAB makes use of BossLite to interface to the Grid scheduler, as well as for logging and bookkeeping.
80
81 CRAB supports any CMSSW based executable, with any modules/libraries, including user provided ones, and deals with the output produced by the executable. CRAB provides an interface to CMS data discovery services (DBS and DLS), which are completely hidden to the final user. It also splits a task (such as analyzing a whole dataset) into smaller jobs, according to user requirements.
82
83 CRAB can be used in two ways: StandAlone and with a Server.
84 The StandAlone mode is suited for small task, of the order of O(100) jobs: it submits the jobs directly to the scheduler, and these jobs are under user responsibility.
85 In the Server mode, suited for larger tasks, the jobs are prepared locally and then passed to a dedicated CRAB server, which then interacts with the scheduler on behalf of the user, including additional services, such as automatic resubmission, status caching, output retrieval, and more.
86 The CRAB commands are exactly the same in both cases.
87
88 CRAB web page is available at
89
90 I<https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/SWGuideCrab>
91
92 =head1 HOW TO RUN CRAB FOR THE IMPATIENT USER
93
94 Please, read all the way through in any case!
95
96 Source B<crab.(c)sh> from the CRAB installation area, which have been setup either by you or by someone else for you.
97
98 Modify the CRAB configuration file B<crab.cfg> according to your need: see below for a complete list. A template and commented B<crab.cfg> can be found on B<$CRABDIR/python/crab.cfg>
99
100 ~>crab -create
101 create all jobs (no submission!)
102
103 ~>crab -submit 2 -continue [ui_working_dir]
104 submit 2 jobs, the ones already created (-continue)
105
106 ~>crab -create -submit 2
107 create _and_ submit 2 jobs
108
109 ~>crab -status
110 check the status of all jobs
111
112 ~>crab -getoutput
113 get back the output of all jobs
114
115 ~>crab -publish
116 publish all user outputs in the DBS specified in the crab.cfg (dbs_url_for_publication) or written as argument of this option
117
118 =head1 RUNNING CMSSW WITH CRAB
119
120 =over 4
121
122 =item B<A)>
123
124 Develop your code in your CMSSW working area. Do anything which is needed to run interactively your executable, including the setup of run time environment (I<eval `scramv1 runtime -sh|csh`>), a suitable I<ParameterSet>, etc. It seems silly, but B<be extra sure that you actually did compile your code> I<scramv1 b>.
125
126 =item B<B)>
127
128 Source B<crab.(c)sh> from the CRAB installation area, which have been setup either by you or by someone else for you. Modify the CRAB configuration file B<crab.cfg> according to your need: see below for a complete list.
129
130 The most important parameters are the following (see below for complete description of each parameter):
131
132 =item B<Mandatory!>
133
134 =over 6
135
136 =item B<[CMSSW]> section: datasetpath, pset, splitting parameters, output_file
137
138 =item B<[USER]> section: output handling parameters, such as return_data, copy_data etc...
139
140 =back
141
142 =item B<Run it!>
143
144 You must have a valid voms-enabled Grid proxy. See CRAB web page for details.
145
146 =back
147
148 =head1 RUNNING MULTICRAB
149
150 MultiCRAB is a CRAB extension to submit the same job to multiple datasets in one go.
151
152 The use case for multicrab is when you have your analysis code that you want to run on several datasets, typically some signals plus some backgrounds (for MC studies)
153 or on different streams/configuration/runs for real data taking. You want to run exactly the same code, and also the crab.cfg are different only for few keys:
154 for sure datasetpath but also other keys, such as eg total_number_of_events, in case you want to run on all signals but only a fraction of background, or anything else.
155 So far, you would have to create a set of crab.cfg, one for each dataset you want to access, and submit several instances of CRAB, saving the output to different locations.
156 Multicrab is meant to automatize this procedure.
157 In addition to the usual crab.cfg, there is a new configuration file called multicrab.cfg. The syntax is very similar to that of crab.cfg, namely
158 [SECTION] <crab.cfg Section>.Key=Value
159
160 Please note that it is mandatory to add explicitly the crab.cfg [SECTION] in front of [KEY].
161 The role of multicrab.cfg is to apply modification to the template crab.cfg, some which are common to all tasks, and some which are task specific.
162
163 =head2 So there are two sections:
164
165 =over 2
166
167 =item B<[COMMON]>
168
169 section: which applies to all task, and which is fully equivalent to modify directly the template crab.cfg
170
171 =item B<[DATASET]>
172
173 section: there could be an arbitrary number of sections, one for each dataset you want to run. The names are free (but COMMON and MULTICRAB), and they will be used as ui_working_dir for the task as well as an appendix to the user_remote_dir in case of output copy to remote SE. So, the task corresponding to section, say [SIGNAL] will be placed in directory SIGNAL, and the output will be put on /SIGNAL/, so SIGNAL will be added as last subdir in the user_remote_dir.
174
175 =back
176
177 For further details please visit
178
179 I<https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/SWGuideMultiCrab>
180
181 =head1 HOW TO RUN ON CONDOR-G
182
183 The B<Condor-G> mode for B<CRAB> is a special submission mode next to the standard Resource Broker submission. It is designed to submit jobs directly to a site and not using the Resource Broker.
184
185 Due to the nature of B<Condor-G> submission, the B<Condor-G> mode is restricted to OSG sites within the CMS Grid, currently the 7 US T2: Florida(ufl.edu), Nebraska(unl.edu), San Diego(ucsd.edu), Purdue(purdue.edu), Wisconsin(wisc.edu), Caltech(ultralight.org), MIT(mit.edu).
186
187 =head2 B<Requirements:>
188
189 =over 2
190
191 =item installed and running local Condor scheduler
192
193 (either installed by the local Sysadmin or self-installed using the VDT user interface: http://www.uscms.org/SoftwareComputing/UserComputing/Tutorials/vdt.html)
194
195 =item locally available LCG or OSG UI installation
196
197 for authentication via Grid certificate proxies ("voms-proxy-init -voms cms" should result in valid proxy)
198
199 =item set the environment variable GRID_WL_LOCATION to the edg directory of the local LCG or OSG UI installation
200
201 =back
202
203 =head2 B<What the Condor-G mode can do:>
204
205 =over 2
206
207 =item submission directly to multiple OSG sites,
208
209 the requested dataset must be published correctly by the site in the local and global services.
210 Previous restrictions on submitting only to a single site have been removed. SE and CE whitelisting
211 and blacklisting work as in the other modes.
212
213 =back
214
215 =head2 B<What the Condor-G mode cannot do:>
216
217 =over 2
218
219 =item submit jobs if no condor scheduler is running on the submission machine
220
221 =item submit jobs if the local condor installation does not provide Condor-G capabilities
222
223 =item submit jobs to an LCG site
224
225 =item support Grid certificate proxy renewal via the myproxy service
226
227 =back
228
229 =head2 B<CRAB configuration for Condor-G mode:>
230
231 The CRAB configuration for the Condor-G mode only requires one change in crab.cfg:
232
233 =over 2
234
235 =item select condor_g Scheduler:
236
237 scheduler = condor_g
238
239 =back
240
241
242 =head1 HOW TO RUN ON NORDUGRID ARC
243
244 The ARC scheduler can be used to submit jobs to sites running the NorduGrid
245 ARC grid middleware. To use it you'll need to have the ARC client
246 installed.
247
248 =head2 B<CRAB configuration for ARC mode:>
249
250 The ARC scheduler requires some changes to crab.cfg:
251
252 =over 2
253
254 =item B<scheduler:>
255
256 Select the ARC scheduler:
257 scheduler = arc
258
259 =item B<requirements>, B<additional_jdl_parameters:>
260
261 Use xrsl code instead of jdl for these parameters.
262
263 =item B<max_cpu_time>, B<max_wall_clock_time:>
264
265 For parameters max_cpu_time and max_wall_clock_time, you can use
266 units, e.g. "72 hours" or "3 days", just like with the xrsl attributes
267 cpuTime and wallTime. If no unit is given, minutes is assumed by default.
268
269 =back
270
271 =head2 B<CRAB Commands:>
272
273 Most CRAB commands behave approximately the same with the ARC scheduler, with only some minor differences:
274
275 =over 2
276
277 =item B<*> B<-printJdl|-createJdl> will print xrsl code instead of jdl.
278
279 =back
280
281
282
283
284 =head1 COMMANDS
285
286 =over 4
287
288 =item B<-create>
289
290 Create the jobs: from version 1_3_0 it is only possible to create all jobs.
291 The maximum number of jobs depends on dataset and splitting directives. This set of identical jobs accessing the same dataset are defined as a task.
292 This command create a directory with default name is I<crab_0_date_time> (can be changed via ui_working_dir parameter, see below). Inside this directory it is placed whatever is needed to submit your jobs. Also the output of your jobs (once finished) will be place there (see after). Do not cancel by hand this directory: rather use -clean (see).
293 See also I<-continue>.
294
295 =item B<-submit [range]>
296
297 Submit n jobs: 'n' is either a positive integer or 'all' or a [range]. The default is all.
298 If 'n' is passed as an argument, the first 'n' suitable jobs will be submitted. Please note that this is behaviour is different from other commands, where -command N means act the command to the job N, and not to the first N jobs. If a [range] is passed, the selected jobs will be submitted.
299 This option may be used in conjunction with -create (to create and submit immediately) or with -continue (which is assumed by default) to submit previously created jobs. Failure to do so will stop CRAB and generate an error message. See also I<-continue>.
300
301 =item B<-continue [dir] | -c [dir]>
302
303 Apply the action on the task stored in directory [dir]. If the task directory is the standard one (crab_0_date_time), the most recent in time is assumed. Any other directory must be specified.
304 Basically all commands (except -create) need -continue, so it is automatically assumed. Of course, the standard task directory is used in this case.
305
306 =item B<-status [v|verbose]>
307
308 Check the status of the jobs, in all states. With the server, the full status, including application and wrapper exit codes, is available as soon as the jobs end. In StandAlone mode it is necessary to retrieve (-get) the job output first. With B<v|verbose> some more information is displayed.
309
310 =item B<-getoutput|-get [range]>
311
312 Retrieve the output declared by the user via the output sandbox. By default the output will be put in task working dir under I<res> subdirectory. This can be changed via config parameters. B<Be extra sure that you have enough free space>. From version 2_3_x, the available free space is checked in advance. See I<range> below for syntax.
313
314 =item B<-publish>
315
316 Publish user output in a local DBS instance after the retrieval of output. By default publish uses the dbs_url_for_publication specified in the crab.cfg file, otherwise you can supply it as an argument of this option.
317 Warnings about publication:
318
319 CRAB publishes only EDM files (in the FJR they are written in the tag <File>)
320
321 By default the publication of files containing 0 events is desabled. If you want to enable it you have to set the parameter [USER].publish_zero_event=1 in crab.cfg.
322
323 CRAB publishes in the same USER dataset more EDM files if they are produced by a job and written in the tag <File> of FJR.
324
325 It is not possible for the user to select only one file to publish, nor to publish two files in two different USER datasets.
326
327
328 =item B<-checkPublication [-USER.dbs_url_for_publication=dbs_url -USER.dataset_to_check=datasetpath -debug]>
329
330 Check if a dataset is published in a DBS. This option is automaticaly called at the end of the publication step, but it can be also used as a standalone command. By default it reads the parameters (USER.dbs_url_for_publication and USER.dataset_to_check) in your crab.cfg. You can overwrite the defaults in crab.cfg by passing these parameters as option. Using the -debug option, you will get detailed info about the files of published blocks.
331
332 =item B<-resubmit [range]>
333
334 Resubmit jobs which have been previously submitted and have been either I<killed> or are I<aborted>. See I<range> below for syntax.
335
336 =item B<-extend>
337
338 Create new jobs for an existing task, checking if new blocks are available for the given dataset.
339
340 =item B<-kill [range]>
341
342 Kill (cancel) jobs which have been submitted to the scheduler. A range B<must> be used in all cases, no default value is set.
343
344 =item B<-copyData [range -dest_se=the official SE name or -dest_endpoint=the complete endpoint of the remote SE]>
345
346 Option that can be used only if your output have been previously copied by CRAB on a remote SE.
347 By default the copyData copies your output from the remote SE locally on the current CRAB working directory (under res). Otherwise you can copy the output from the remote SE to another one, specifying either -dest_se=<the remote SE official name> or -dest_endpoint=<the complete endpoint of remote SE>. If dest_se is used, CRAB finds the correct path where the output can be stored.
348
349 Example: crab -copyData --> output copied to crab_working_dir/res directory
350 crab -copyData -dest_se=T2_IT_Legnaro --> output copied to the legnaro SE, directory discovered by CRAB
351 crab -copyData -dest_endpoint=srm://<se_name>:8443/xxx/yyyy/zzzz --> output copied to the se <se_name> under
352 /xxx/yyyy/zzzz directory.
353
354 =item B<-renewCredential >
355
356 If using the server modality, this command allows to delegate a valid credential (proxy/token) to the server associated with the task.
357
358 =item B<-match|-testJdl [range]>
359
360 Check if the job can find compatible resources. It is equivalent of doing I<edg-job-list-match> on edg.
361
362 =item B<-printId [range]>
363
364 Just print the job identifier, which can be the SID (Grid job identifier) of the job(s) or the taskId if you are using CRAB with the server or local scheduler Id. If [range] is "full", the the SID of all the jobs are printed, also in the case of submission with server.
365
366 =item B<-printJdl [range]>
367
368 Collect the full Job Description in a file located under share directory. The file base name is File- .
369
370 =item B<-postMortem [range]>
371
372 Try to collect more information of the job from the scheduler point of view.
373
374 =item B<-list [range]>
375
376 Dump technical information about jobs: for developers only.
377
378 =item B<-report>
379
380 Print a short report about the task, namely the total number of events and files processed/requested/available, the name of the datasetpath, a summary of the status of the jobs, the list of runs and lumi sections, and so on. In principle it should contain all the info needed for analysis. Work in progress.
381
382 =item B<-clean [dir]>
383
384 Clean up (i.e. erase) the task working directory after a check whether there are still running jobs. In case, you are notified and asked to kill them or retrieve their output. B<Warning> this will possibly delete also the output produced by the task (if any)!
385
386 =item B<-cleanCache>
387
388 Clean up (i.e. erase) the SiteDb, WMS and CrabServer caches in your submitting directory
389
390 =item B<-help [format] | -h [format]>
391
392 This help. It can be produced in three different I<format>: I<man> (default), I<tex> and I<html>.
393
394 =item B<-v>
395
396 Print the version and exit.
397
398 =item B<range>
399
400 The range to be used in many of the above commands has the following syntax. It is a comma separated list of jobs ranges, each of which may be a job number, or a job range of the form first-last.
401 Example: 1,3-5,8 = {1,3,4,5,8}
402
403 =back
404
405 =head1 OPTION
406
407 =over 4
408
409 =item B<-cfg [file]>
410
411 Configuration file name. Default is B<crab.cfg>.
412
413 =item B<-debug [level]>
414
415 Set the debug level: high number for high verbosity.
416
417 =back
418
419 =head1 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
420
421 All the parameter describe in this section can be defined in the CRAB configuration file. The configuration file has different sections: [CRAB], [USER], etc. Each parameter must be defined in its proper section. An alternative way to pass a config parameter to CRAB is via command line interface; the syntax is: crab -SECTION.key value . For example I<crab -USER.outputdir MyDirWithFullPath> .
422 The parameters passed to CRAB at the creation step are stored, so they cannot be changed by changing the original crab.cfg . On the other hand the task is protected from any accidental change. If you want to change any parameters, this require the creation of a new task.
423 Mandatory parameters are flagged with a *.
424
425 B<[CRAB]>
426
427 =over 4
428
429 =item B<jobtype *>
430
431 The type of the job to be executed: I<cmssw> jobtypes are supported
432
433 =item B<scheduler *>
434
435 The scheduler to be used: I<glitecoll> is the more efficient grid scheduler and should be used. Other choice are I<glite>, same as I<glitecoll> but without bulk submission (and so slower) or I<condor_g> (see specific paragraph) or I<edg> which is the former Grid scheduler, which will be dismissed in some future. In addition, there's an I<arc> scheduler to be used with the NorduGrid ARC middleware.
436 From version 210, also local scheduler are supported, for the time being only at CERN. I<LSF> is the standard CERN local scheduler or I<CAF> which is LSF dedicated to CERN Analysis Facilities.
437
438 =item B<use_server>
439
440 To use the server for job handling (recommended) 0=no (default), 1=true. The server to be used will be found automatically from a list of available ones: it can also be specified explicitly by using I<server_name> (see below)
441
442 =item B<server_name>
443
444 To use the CRAB-server support it is needed to fill this key with server name as <Server_DOMAIN> (e.g. cnaf,fnal). If this is set, I<use_server> is set to true automatically.
445 If I<server_name=None> crab works in standalone way, same as using I<use_server=0> and no I<server_name>.
446 The server available to users can be found from CRAB web page.
447
448 =back
449
450 B<[CMSSW]>
451
452 =over 4
453
454 =item B<datasetpath *>
455
456 The path of the processed or analysis dataset as defined in DBS. It comes with the format I</PrimaryDataset/DataTier/Process[/OptionalADS]>. If no input is needed I<None> must be specified. When running on an analysis dataset, the job splitting must be specified by luminosity block rather than event. Analysis datasets are only treated accurately on a lumi-by-lumi level with CMSSW 3_1_x and later.
457
458 =item B<runselection *>
459
460 Within a dataset you can restrict to run on a specific run number or run number range. For example runselection=XYZ or runselection=XYZ1-XYZ2 .
461
462 =item B<use_parent *>
463
464 Within a dataset you can ask to run over the related parent files too. E.g., this will give you access to the RAW data while running over a RECO sample. Setting use_parent=1 CRAB determines the parent files from DBS and will add secondaryFileNames = cms.untracked.vstring( <LIST of parent FIles> ) to the pool source section of your parameter set.
465
466 =item B<pset *>
467
468 The python ParameterSet to be used.
469
470 =item B<pycfg_params *>
471
472 These parameters are passed to the python config file, as explained in https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/SWGuideAboutPythonConfigFile#Passing_Command_Line_Arguments_T
473
474 =item I<Of the following three parameter exactly two must be used, otherwise CRAB will complain.>
475
476 =item B<total_number_of_events *>
477
478 The number of events to be processed. To access all available events, use I<-1>. Of course, the latter option is not viable in case of no input. In this case, the total number of events will be used to split the task in jobs, together with I<events_per_job>.
479
480 =item B<events_per_job*>
481
482 The number of events to be accessed by each job. Since a job cannot cross the boundary of a fileblock it might be that the actual number of events per job is not exactly what you asked for. It can be used also with no input.
483
484 =item B<total_number_of_lumis *>
485
486 The number of luminosity blocks to be processed. This option is only valid when using analysis datasets. Since a job cannot access less than a whole file, it may be that the actual number of lumis per job is more than you asked for. Two of I<total_number_of_lumis>, I<lumis_per_job>, and I<number_of_jobs> must be supplied to run on an analysis dataset.
487
488 =item B<lumis_per_job*>
489
490 The number of luminosity blocks to be accessed by each job. This option is only valid when using analysis datasets. Since a job cannot access less than a whole file, it may be that the actual number of lumis per job is more than you asked for.
491
492 =item B<number_of_jobs *>
493
494 Define the number of jobs to be run for the task. The number of event for each job is computed taking into account the total number of events required as well as the granularity of EventCollections. Can be used also with No input.
495
496 =item B<split_by_run *>
497
498 To activate the split run based (each job will access a different run) use I<split_by_run>=1. You can also define I<number_of_jobs> and/or I<runselection>. NOTE: the Run Based combined with Event Based split is not yet available.
499
500 =item B<output_file *>
501
502 The output files produced by your application (comma separated list). From CRAB 2_2_2 onward, if TFileService is defined in user Pset, the corresponding output file is automatically added to the list of output files. User can avoid this by setting B<skip_TFileService_output> = 1 (default is 0 == file included). The Edm output produced via PoolOutputModule can be automatically added by setting B<get_edm_output> = 1 (default is 0 == no). B<warning> it is not allowed to have a PoolOutputSource and not save it somewhere, since it is a waste of resource on the WN. In case you really want to do that, and if you really know what you are doing (hint: you dont!) you can user I<ignore_edm_output=1>.
503
504 =item B<skip_TFileService_output>
505
506 Force CRAB to skip the inclusion of file produced by TFileService to list of output files. Default is I<0>, namely the file is included.
507
508 =item B<get_edm_output>
509
510 Force CRAB to add the EDM output file, as defined in PSET in PoolOutputModule (if any) to be added to the list of output files. Default is 0 (== no inclusion)
511
512 =item B<increment_seeds>
513
514 Specifies a comma separated list of seeds to increment from job to job. The initial value is taken
515 from the CMSSW config file. I<increment_seeds=sourceSeed,g4SimHits> will set sourceSeed=11,12,13 and g4SimHits=21,22,23 on
516 subsequent jobs if the values of the two seeds are 10 and 20 in the CMSSW config file.
517
518 See also I<preserve_seeds>. Seeds not listed in I<increment_seeds> or I<preserve_seeds> are randomly set for each job.
519
520 =item B<preserve_seeds>
521
522 Specifies a comma separated list of seeds to which CRAB will not change from their values in the user
523 CMSSW config file. I<preserve_seeds=sourceSeed,g4SimHits> will leave the Pythia and GEANT seeds the same for every job.
524
525 See also I<increment_seeds>. Seeds not listed in I<increment_seeds> or I<preserve_seeds> are randomly set for each job.
526
527 =item B<first_run>
528
529 Relevant only for Monte Carlo production for which it defaults to 1. The first job will generate events with this run number, subsequent jobs will
530 increment the run number. Failing to set this number means CMSSW will not be able to read multiple such files as they
531 will all have the same run and event numbers. This check in CMSSW can be bypassed by setting
532 I<process.source.duplicateCheckMode = cms.untracked.string('noDuplicateCheck')> in the input source, should you need to
533 read files produced without setting first_run.
534
535 =item B<generator>
536
537 Name of the generator your MC job is using. Some generators require CRAB to skip events, others do not.
538 Possible values are pythia (default), comphep, lhe, and madgraph. This will skip events in your generator input file.
539
540 =item B<executable>
541
542 The name of the executable to be run on remote WN. The default is cmsrun. The executable is either to be found on the release area of the WN, or has been built on user working area on the UI and is (automatically) shipped to WN. If you want to run a script (which might internally call I<cmsrun>, use B<USER.script_exe> instead.
543
544 =item I<DBS and DLS parameters:>
545
546 =item B<dbs_url>
547
548 The URL of the DBS query page. For expert only.
549
550 =item B<show_prod>
551
552 To enable CRAB to show data hosted on Tier1s sites specify I<show_prod> = 1. By default those data are masked.
553
554 =item B<subscribed>
555
556 By setting the flag I<subscribed> = 1 only the replicas that are subscribed to its site are considered.The default is to return all replicas. The intended use of this flag is to avoid sending jobs to sites based on data that is being moved or deleted (and thus not subscribed).
557
558 =item B<no_block_boundary>
559
560 To remove fileblock boundaries in job splitting specify I<no_block_boundary> = 1.
561
562 =back
563
564 B<[USER]>
565
566 =over 4
567
568 =item B<additional_input_files>
569
570 Any additional input file you want to ship to WN: comma separated list. IMPORTANT NOTE: they will be placed in the WN working dir, and not in ${CMS_SEARCH_PATH}. Specific files required by CMSSW application must be placed in the local data directory, which will be automatically shipped by CRAB itself. You do not need to specify the I<ParameterSet> you are using, which will be included automatically. Wildcards are allowed.
571
572 =item B<script_exe>
573
574 A user script that will be run on WN (instead of default cmsrun). It is up to the user to setup properly the script itself to run on WN enviroment. CRAB guarantees that the CMSSW environment is setup (e.g. scram is in the path) and that the modified pset.py will be placed in the working directory, with name CMSSW.py . The user must ensure that a job report named crab_fjr.xml will be written. This can be guaranteed by passing the arguments "-j crab_fjr.xml" to cmsRun in the script. The script itself will be added automatically to the input sandbox so user MUST NOT add it within the B<USER.additional_input_files>.
575
576 =item B<script_arguments>
577
578 Any arguments you want to pass to the B<USER.script_exe>: comma separated list.
579
580 =item B<ui_working_dir>
581
582 Name of the working directory for the current task. By default, a name I<crab_0_(date)_(time)> will be used. If this card is set, any CRAB command which require I<-continue> need to specify also the name of the working directory. A special syntax is also possible, to reuse the name of the dataset provided before: I<ui_working_dir : %(dataset)s> . In this case, if e.g. the dataset is SingleMuon, the ui_working_dir will be set to SingleMuon as well.
583
584 =item B<thresholdLevel>
585
586 This has to be a value between 0 and 100, that indicates the percentage of task completeness (jobs in a ended state are complete, even if failed). The server will notify the user by e-mail (look at the field: B<eMail>) when the task will reach the specified threshold. Works just with the server_mode = 1.
587
588 =item B<eMail>
589
590 The server will notify the specified e-mail when the task will reaches the specified B<thresholdLevel>. A notification is also sent when the task will reach the 100\% of completeness. This field can also be a list of e-mail: "B<eMail = user1@cern.ch, user2@cern.ch>". Works just with the server_mode = 1.
591
592 =item B<return_data *>
593
594 The output produced by the executable on WN is returned (via output sandbox) to the UI, by issuing the I<-getoutput> command. B<Warning>: this option should be used only for I<small> output, say less than 10MB, since the sandbox cannot accommodate big files. Depending on Resource Broker used, a size limit on output sandbox can be applied: bigger files will be truncated. To be used in alternative to I<copy_data>.
595
596 =item B<outputdir>
597
598 To be used together with I<return_data>. Directory on user interface where to store the output. Full path is mandatory, "~/" is not allowed: the default location of returned output is ui_working_dir/res .
599
600 =item B<logdir>
601
602 To be used together with I<return_data>. Directory on user interface where to store the standard output and error. Full path is mandatory, "~/" is not allowed: the default location of returned output is ui_working_dir/res .
603
604 =item B<copy_data *>
605
606 The output (only that produced by the executable, not the std-out and err) is copied to a Storage Element of your choice (see below). To be used as an alternative to I<return_data> and recommended in case of large output.
607
608 =item B<storage_element>
609
610 To be used with <copy_data>=1
611 If you want to copy the output of your analysis in a official CMS Tier2 or Tier3, you have to write the CMS Site Name of the site, as written in the SiteDB https://cmsweb.cern.ch/sitedb/reports/showReport?reportid=se_cmsname_map.ini (i.e T2_IT_legnaro). You have also to specify the <remote_dir>(see below)
612
613 If you want to copy the output in a not_official_CMS remote site you have to specify the complete storage element name (i.e se.xxx.infn.it).You have also to specify the <storage_path> and the <storage_port> if you do not use the default one(see below).
614
615 =item B<user_remote_dir>
616
617 To be used with <copy_data>=1 and <storage_element> official CMS sites.
618 This is the directory or tree of directories where your output will be stored. This directory will be created under the mountpoint ( which will be discover by CRAB if an official CMS storage Element has been used, or taken from the crab.cfg as specified by the user). B<NOTE> This part of the path will be used as logical file name of your files in the case of publication without using an official CMS storage Element. Generally it should start with "/store".
619
620 =item B<storage_path>
621
622 To be used with <copy_data>=1 and <storage_element> not official CMS sites.
623 This is the full path of the Storage Element writeable by all, the mountpoint of SE (i.e /srm/managerv2?SFN=/pnfs/se.xxx.infn.it/yyy/zzz/)
624
625
626 =item B<storage_pool>
627
628 If you are using CAF scheduler, you can specify the storage pool where to write your output.
629 The default is cmscafuser. If you do not want to use the default, you can overwrite it specifing None
630
631 =item B<storage_port>
632
633 To choose the storage port specify I<storage_port> = N (default is 8443) .
634
635 =item B<local_stage_out *>
636
637 This option enables the local stage out of produced output to the "close storage element" where the job is running, in case of failure of the remote copy to the Storage element decided by the user in che crab.cfg. It has to be used with the copy_data option. In the case of backup copy, the publication of data is forbidden. Set I<local_stage_out> = 1
638
639 =item B<publish_data*>
640
641 To be used with <copy_data>=1
642 To publish your produced output in a local istance of DBS set publish_data = 1
643 All the details about how to use this functionality are written in https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/SWGuideCrabForPublication
644 N.B 1) if you are using an official CMS site to stored data, the remote dir will be not considered. The directory where data will be stored is decided by CRAB, following the CMS policy in order to be able to re-read published data.
645 2) if you are using a not official CMS site to store data, you have to check the <lfn>, that will be part of the logical file name of you published files, in order to be able to re-read the data.
646
647 =item B<publish_with_import_all_parents>
648
649 To publish your data in your local DBS importing also the complete parents tree, set publish_with_import_all_parents=1, otherwise 0. In this last case only the dataset that you have analyzed will be imported as parent in your local DBS. Default value is 1.
650
651 =item B<publish_data_name>
652
653 You produced output will be published in your local DBS with dataset name <primarydataset>/<publish_data_name>/USER
654
655 =item B<dbs_url_for_publication>
656
657 Specify the URL of your local DBS istance where CRAB has to publish the output files
658
659 =item B<publish_zero_event>
660
661 T0 force zero event files publication specify I<publish_zero_event> = 1
662
663 =item B<srm_version>
664
665 To choose the srm version specify I<srm_version> = (srmv1 or srmv2).
666
667 =item B<xml_report>
668
669 To be used to switch off the screen report during the status query, enabling the db serialization in a file. Specifying I<xml_report> = FileName CRAB will serialize the DB into CRAB_WORKING_DIR/share/FileName.
670
671 =item B<usenamespace>
672
673 To use the automate namespace definition (perfomed by CRAB) it is possible to set I<usenamespace>=1. The same policy used for the stage out in case of data publication will be applied.
674
675 =item B<debug_wrapper>
676
677 To enable the higer verbose level on wrapper specify I<debug_wrapper> = 1. The Pset contents before and after the CRAB maipulation will be written together with other useful infos.
678
679 =item B<deep_debug>
680
681 To be used in case of unexpected job crash when the sdtout and stderr files are lost. Submitting again the same jobs specifying I<deep_debug> = 1 these files will be reported back. NOTE: it works only on standalone mode for debugging purpose.
682
683 =item B<dontCheckSpaceLeft>
684
685 Set it to 1 to skip the check of free space left on your working directory before attempting to get the output back. Default is 0 (=False)
686
687 =back
688
689 B<[GRID]>
690
691 =over 4
692
693 =item B<RB>
694
695 Which RB you want to use instead of the default one, as defined in the configuration of your UI. The ones available for CMS are I<CERN> and I<CNAF>. They are actually identical, being a collection of all WMSes available for CMS: the configuration files needed to change the broker will be automatically downloaded from CRAB web page and used.
696 You can use any other RB which is available, if you provide the proper configuration files. E.g., for gLite WMS XYZ, you should provide I<glite.conf.CMS_XYZ>. These files are searched for in the current working directory, and, if not found, on crab web page. So, if you put your private configuration files in the working directory, they will be used, even if they are not available on crab web page.
697 Please get in contact with crab team if you wish to provide your RB or WMS as a service to the CMS community.
698
699 =item B<proxy_server>
700
701 The proxy server to which you delegate the responsibility to renew your proxy once expired. The default is I<myproxy.cern.ch> : change only if you B<really> know what you are doing.
702
703 =item B<role>
704
705 The role to be set in the VOMS. See VOMS documentation for more info.
706
707 =item B<group>
708
709 The group to be set in the VOMS, See VOMS documentation for more info.
710
711 =item B<dont_check_proxy>
712
713 If you do not want CRAB to check your proxy. The creation of the proxy (with proper length), its delegation to a myproxyserver is your responsibility.
714
715 =item B<dont_check_myproxy>
716
717 If you want to to switch off only the proxy renewal set I<dont_check_myproxy>=1. The proxy delegation to a myproxyserver is your responsibility.
718
719 =item B<requirements>
720
721 Any other requirements to be add to JDL. Must be written in compliance with JDL syntax (see LCG user manual for further info). No requirement on Computing element must be set.
722
723 =item B<additional_jdl_parameters:>
724
725 Any other parameters you want to add to jdl file:semicolon separated list, each
726 item B<must> be complete, including the closing ";".
727
728 =item B<wms_service>
729
730 With this field it is also possible to specify which WMS you want to use (https://hostname:port/pathcode) where "hostname" is WMS name, the "port" generally is 7443 and the "pathcode" should be something like "glite_wms_wmproxy_server".
731
732 =item B<max_cpu_time>
733
734 Maximum CPU time needed to finish one job. It will be used to select a suitable queue on the CE. Time in minutes.
735
736 =item B<max_wall_clock_time>
737
738 Same as previous, but with real time, and not CPU one.
739
740 =item B<ce_black_list>
741
742 All the CE (Computing Element) whose name contains the following strings (comma separated list) will not be considered for submission. Use the dns domain (e.g. fnal, cern, ifae, fzk, cnaf, lnl,....). You may use hostnames or CMS Site names (T2_DE_DESY) or substrings.
743
744 =item B<ce_white_list>
745
746 Only the CE (Computing Element) whose name contains the following strings (comma separated list) will be considered for submission. Use the dns domain (e.g. fnal, cern, ifae, fzk, cnaf, lnl,....). You may use hostnames or CMS Site names (T2_DE_DESY) or substrings. Please note that if the selected CE(s) does not contain the data you want to access, no submission can take place.
747
748 =item B<se_black_list>
749
750 All the SE (Storage Element) whose name contains the following strings (comma separated list) will not be considered for submission.It works only if a datasetpath is specified. You may use hostnames or CMS Site names (T2_DE_DESY) or substrings.
751
752 =item B<se_white_list>
753
754 Only the SE (Storage Element) whose name contains the following strings (comma separated list) will be considered for submission.It works only if a datasetpath is specified. Please note that if the selected CE(s) does not contain the data you want to access, no submission can take place. You may use hostnames or CMS Site names (T2_DE_DESY) or substrings.
755
756 =item B<remove_default_blacklist>
757
758 CRAB enforce the T1s Computing Eelements Black List. By default it is appended to the user defined I<CE_black_list>. To remove the enforced T1 black lists set I<remove_default_blacklist>=1.
759
760 =item B<virtual_organization>
761
762 You do not want to change this: it is cms!
763
764 =item B<retry_count>
765
766 Number of time the Grid will try to resubmit your job in case of Grid related problem.
767
768 =item B<shallow_retry_count>
769
770 Number of time shallow resubmission the Grid will try: resubmissions are tried B<only> if the job aborted B<before> start. So you are guaranteed that your jobs run strictly once.
771
772 =item B<maxtarballsize>
773
774 Maximum size of tar-ball in Mb. If bigger, an error will be generated. The actual limit is that on the RB input sandbox. Default is 9.5 Mb (sandbox limit is 10 Mb)
775
776 =item B<skipwmsauth>
777
778 Temporary useful parameter to allow the WMSAuthorisation handling. Specifying I<skipwmsauth> = 1 the pyopenssl problmes will disappear. It is needed working on gLite UI outside of CERN.
779
780 =back
781
782 B<[LSF]> or B<[CAF]>
783
784 =over 4
785
786 =item B<queue>
787
788 The LSF queue you want to use: if none, the default one will be used. For CAF, the proper queue will be automatically selected.
789
790 =item B<resource>
791
792 The resources to be used within a LSF queue. Again, for CAF, the right one is selected.
793
794 =back
795
796 =head1 FILES
797
798 I<crab> uses a configuration file I<crab.cfg> which contains configuration parameters. This file is written in the INI-style. The default filename can be changed by the I<-cfg> option.
799
800 I<crab> creates by default a working directory 'crab_0_E<lt>dateE<gt>_E<lt>timeE<gt>'
801
802 I<crab> saves all command lines in the file I<crab.history>.
803
804 =head1 HISTORY
805
806 B<CRAB> is a tool for the CMS analysis on the Grid environment. It is based on the ideas from CMSprod, a production tool originally implemented by Nikolai Smirnov.
807
808 =head1 AUTHORS
809
810 """
811 author_string = '\n'
812 for auth in common.prog_authors:
813 #author = auth[0] + ' (' + auth[2] + ')' + ' E<lt>'+auth[1]+'E<gt>,\n'
814 author = auth[0] + ' E<lt>' + auth[1] +'E<gt>,\n'
815 author_string = author_string + author
816 pass
817 help_string = help_string + author_string[:-2] + '.'\
818 """
819
820 =cut
821 """
822
823 pod = tempfile.mktemp()+'.pod'
824 pod_file = open(pod, 'w')
825 pod_file.write(help_string)
826 pod_file.close()
827
828 if option == 'man':
829 man = tempfile.mktemp()
830 pod2man = 'pod2man --center=" " --release=" " '+pod+' >'+man
831 os.system(pod2man)
832 os.system('man '+man)
833 pass
834 elif option == 'tex':
835 fname = common.prog_name+'-v'+common.prog_version_str
836 tex0 = tempfile.mktemp()+'.tex'
837 pod2tex = 'pod2latex -full -out '+tex0+' '+pod
838 os.system(pod2tex)
839 tex = fname+'.tex'
840 tex_old = open(tex0, 'r')
841 tex_new = open(tex, 'w')
842 for s in tex_old.readlines():
843 if string.find(s, '\\begin{document}') >= 0:
844 tex_new.write('\\title{'+common.prog_name+'\\\\'+
845 '(Version '+common.prog_version_str+')}\n')
846 tex_new.write('\\author{\n')
847 for auth in common.prog_authors:
848 tex_new.write(' '+auth[0]+
849 '\\thanks{'+auth[1]+'} \\\\\n')
850 tex_new.write('}\n')
851 tex_new.write('\\date{}\n')
852 elif string.find(s, '\\tableofcontents') >= 0:
853 tex_new.write('\\maketitle\n')
854 continue
855 elif string.find(s, '\\clearpage') >= 0:
856 continue
857 tex_new.write(s)
858 tex_old.close()
859 tex_new.close()
860 print 'See '+tex
861 pass
862 elif option == 'html':
863 fname = common.prog_name+'-v'+common.prog_version_str+'.html'
864 pod2html = 'pod2html --title='+common.prog_name+\
865 ' --infile='+pod+' --outfile='+fname
866 os.system(pod2html)
867 print 'See '+fname
868 pass
869 elif option == 'txt':
870 fname = common.prog_name+'-v'+common.prog_version_str+'.txt'
871 pod2text = 'pod2text '+pod+' '+fname
872 os.system(pod2text)
873 print 'See '+fname
874 pass
875
876 sys.exit(0)