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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 [range] -- 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 [-USER.dbs_url_for_publication=dbs_url] -- after the getouput, publish the data user in a local DBS instance.
27 -checkPublication [-USER.dbs_url_for_publication=dbs_url -USER.dataset_to_check=datasetpath -debug] -- checks if a dataset
28 is published in a DBS. This option is automaticaly called at the end of the publication step.
29 -kill [range] -- kill submitted jobs.
30 -resubmit [range] -- resubmit killed/aborted/retrieved jobs.
31 -copyData [range] -- copy locally the output 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 =head1 COMMANDS
242
243 =over 4
244
245 =item B<-create>
246
247 Create the jobs: from version 1_3_0 it is only possible to create all jobs.
248 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.
249 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).
250 See also I<-continue>.
251
252 =item B<-submit [range]>
253
254 Submit n jobs: 'n' is either a positive integer or 'all' or a [range]. The default is all.
255 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.
256 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>.
257
258 =item B<-continue [dir] | -c [dir]>
259
260 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.
261 Basically all commands (except -create) need -continue, so it is automatically assumed. Of course, the standard task directory is used in this case.
262
263 =item B<-status>
264
265 Check the status of the jobs, in all states. All the info (e.g. application and wrapper exit codes) will be available only after the output retrieval.
266
267 =item B<-getoutput|-get [range]>
268
269 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>. See I<range> below for syntax.
270
271 =item B<-publish [-USER.dbs_url_for_publication=dbs_url]>
272
273 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.
274
275 =item B<-checkPublication [-USER.dbs_url_for_publication=dbs_url -USER.dataset_to_check=datasetpath -debug]>
276
277 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.
278
279 =item B<-resubmit [range]>
280
281 Resubmit jobs which have been previously submitted and have been either I<killed> or are I<aborted>. See I<range> below for syntax.
282
283 =item B<-extend>
284
285 Create new jobs for an existing task, checking if new blocks are available for the given dataset.
286
287 =item B<-kill [range]>
288
289 Kill (cancel) jobs which have been submitted to the scheduler. A range B<must> be used in all cases, no default value is set.
290
291 =item B<-copyData [range]>
292
293 Copy locally (on current working directory) the output previously stored on remote SE by the jobs. Of course, only if copy_data option has been set.
294
295 =item B<-renewCredential >
296
297 If using the server modality, this command allows to delegate a valid credential (proxy/token) to the server associated with the task.
298
299 =item B<-match|-testJdl [range]>
300
301 Check if the job can find compatible resources. It is equivalent of doing I<edg-job-list-match> on edg.
302
303 =item B<-printId [range]>
304
305 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.
306
307 =item B<-printJdl [range]>
308
309 Collect the full Job Description in a file located under share directory. The file base name is File- .
310
311 =item B<-postMortem [range]>
312
313 Try to collect more information of the job from the scheduler point of view.
314
315 =item B<-list [range]>
316
317 Dump technical information about jobs: for developers only.
318
319 =item B<-report>
320
321 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.
322
323 =item B<-clean [dir]>
324
325 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)!
326
327 =item B<-help [format] | -h [format]>
328
329 This help. It can be produced in three different I<format>: I<man> (default), I<tex> and I<html>.
330
331 =item B<-v>
332
333 Print the version and exit.
334
335 =item B<range>
336
337 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.
338 Example: 1,3-5,8 = {1,3,4,5,8}
339
340 =back
341
342 =head1 OPTION
343
344 =over 4
345
346 =item B<-cfg [file]>
347
348 Configuration file name. Default is B<crab.cfg>.
349
350 =item B<-debug [level]>
351
352 Set the debug level: high number for high verbosity.
353
354 =back
355
356 =head1 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
357
358 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> .
359 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.
360 Mandatory parameters are flagged with a *.
361
362 B<[CRAB]>
363
364 =over 4
365
366 =item B<jobtype *>
367
368 The type of the job to be executed: I<cmssw> jobtypes are supported
369
370 =item B<scheduler *>
371
372 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
373 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.
374
375 =item B<use_server>
376
377 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)
378
379 =item B<server_name>
380
381 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.
382 If I<server_name=None> crab works in standalone way, same as using I<use_server=0> and no I<server_name>.
383 The server available to users can be found from CRAB web page.
384
385 =back
386
387 B<[CMSSW]>
388
389 =over 4
390
391 =item B<datasetpath *>
392
393 the path of processed dataset as defined on the DBS. It comes with the format I</PrimaryDataset/DataTier/Process> . In case no input is needed I<None> must be specified.
394
395 =item B<ads *>
396
397 you may want to run over an AnalysisDataSet. After define the related path in I<datasetpath>, take care to specify ads=1.
398
399 =item B<runselection *>
400
401 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 .
402
403 =item B<use_parent *>
404
405 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.
406
407 =item B<pset *>
408
409 the ParameterSet to be used. Both .cfg and .py parameter sets are supported for the relevant versions of CMSSW.
410
411 =item I<Of the following three parameter exactly two must be used, otherwise CRAB will complain.>
412
413 =item B<total_number_of_events *>
414
415 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<event_per_job>.
416
417 =item B<events_per_job*>
418
419 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.
420
421 =item B<number_of_jobs *>
422
423 Define the number of job 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.
424
425 =item B<split_by_run *>
426
427 to activate the split run based (each job will access a different run) use I<split_by_run>=1. You can definfe also I<number_of_jobs> and/or I<runselection>. NOTE: the Run Based combined with Event Based split is not yet available.
428
429 =item B<output_file *>
430
431 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)
432
433 =item B<skip_TFileService_output>
434
435 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.
436
437 =item B<get_edm_output>
438
439 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)
440
441 =item B<increment_seeds>
442
443 Specifies a comma separated list of seeds to increment from job to job. The initial value is taken
444 from the CMSSW config file. I<increment_seeds=sourceSeed,g4SimHits> will set sourceSeed=11,12,13 and g4SimHits=21,22,23 on
445 subsequent jobs if the values of the two seeds are 10 and 20 in the CMSSW config file.
446
447 See also I<preserve_seeds>. Seeds not listed in I<increment_seeds> or I<preserve_seeds> are randomly set for each job.
448
449 =item B<preserve_seeds>
450
451 Specifies a comma separated list of seeds to which CRAB will not change from their values in the user
452 CMSSW config file. I<preserve_seeds=sourceSeed,g4SimHits> will leave the Pythia and GEANT seeds the same for every job.
453
454 See also I<increment_seeds>. Seeds not listed in I<increment_seeds> or I<preserve_seeds> are randomly set for each job.
455
456 =item B<first_run>
457
458 First run to be generated in a generation jobs. Relevant only for no-input workflow.
459
460 =item B<generator>
461
462 Name of the generator your MC job is using. Some generators require CRAB to skip events, others do not.
463 Possible values are pythia, comphep, and madgraph. This will skip events in your generator input file.
464
465 =item B<executable>
466
467 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.
468
469 =item I<DBS and DLS parameters:>
470
471 =item B<dbs_url>
472
473 The URL of the DBS query page. For expert only.
474
475 =item B<show_prod>
476
477 To enable CRAB to show data hosted on Tier1s sites specify I<show_prod> = 1. By default those data are masked.
478
479 =item B<no_block_boundary>
480
481 To remove fileblock boundaries in job splitting specify I<no_block_boundary> = 1.
482
483 =back
484
485 B<[USER]>
486
487 =over 4
488
489 =item B<additional_input_files>
490
491 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.
492
493 =item B<script_exe>
494
495 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.cfg 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>.
496
497 =item B<ui_working_dir>
498
499 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.
500
501 =item B<thresholdLevel>
502
503 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.
504
505 =item B<eMail>
506
507 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.
508
509 =item B<return_data *>
510
511 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>.
512
513 =item B<outputdir>
514
515 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 .
516
517 =item B<logdir>
518
519 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 .
520
521 =item B<copy_data *>
522
523 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.
524
525 =item B<storage_element>
526
527 To be used with <copy_data>=1
528 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)
529
530 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).
531
532 =item B<user_remote_dir>
533
534 To be used with <copy_data>=1 and <storage_element> official CMS sites.
535 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.
536
537 =item B<storage_path>
538
539 To be used with <copy_data>=1 and <storage_element> not official CMS sites.
540 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/)
541
542
543 =item B<storage_pool>
544
545 If you are using CAF scheduler, you can specify the storage pool where to write your output.
546 The default is cmscafuser. If you do not want to use the default, you can overwrite it specifing None
547
548 =item B<storage_port>
549
550 To choose the storage port specify I<storage_port> = N (default is 8443) .
551
552 =item B<publish_data*>
553
554 To be used with <copy_data>=1
555 To publish your produced output in a local istance of DBS set publish_data = 1
556 All the details about how to use this functionality are written in https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/SWGuideCrabForPublication
557 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.
558 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.
559
560 =item B<publish_data_name>
561
562 You produced output will be published in your local DBS with dataset name <primarydataset>/<publish_data_name>/USER
563
564 =item B<dbs_url_for_publication>
565
566 Specify the URL of your local DBS istance where CRAB has to publish the output files
567
568 =item B<pubilish_zero_event>
569
570 T0 force zero event files publication specify I<pubilish_zero_event> = 1
571
572 =item B<srm_version>
573
574 To choose the srm version specify I<srm_version> = (srmv1 or srmv2).
575
576 =item B<xml_report>
577
578 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.
579
580 =item B<usenamespace>
581
582 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.
583
584 =item B<debug_wrapper>
585
586 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.
587
588 =item B<deep_debug>
589
590 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.
591
592 =item B<dontCheckSpaceLeft>
593
594 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)
595
596
597 =item B<local_stage_out>
598
599 To use the local stage out (i.e. to the closeSE), in case of remote stage out failure, set I<local_stage_out> = 1 .
600
601 =back
602
603 B<[GRID]>
604
605 =over 4
606
607 =item B<RB>
608
609 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.
610 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.
611 Please get in contact with crab team if you wish to provide your RB or WMS as a service to the CMS community.
612
613 =item B<proxy_server>
614
615 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.
616
617 =item B<role>
618
619 The role to be set in the VOMS. See VOMS documentation for more info.
620
621 =item B<group>
622
623 The group to be set in the VOMS, See VOMS documentation for more info.
624
625 =item B<dont_check_proxy>
626
627 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.
628
629 =item B<dont_check_myproxy>
630
631 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.
632
633 =item B<requirements>
634
635 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.
636
637 =item B<additional_jdl_parameters:>
638
639 Any other parameters you want to add to jdl file:semicolon separated list, each
640 item B<must> be complete, including the closing ";".
641
642 =item B<wms_service>
643
644 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".
645
646 =item B<max_cpu_time>
647
648 Maximum CPU time needed to finish one job. It will be used to select a suitable queue on the CE. Time in minutes.
649
650 =item B<max_wall_clock_time>
651
652 Same as previous, but with real time, and not CPU one.
653
654 =item B<ce_black_list>
655
656 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.
657
658 =item B<ce_white_list>
659
660 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.
661
662 =item B<se_black_list>
663
664 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.
665
666 =item B<se_white_list>
667
668 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.
669
670 =item B<remove_default_blacklist>
671
672 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.
673
674 =item B<virtual_organization>
675
676 You do not want to change this: it is cms!
677
678 =item B<retry_count>
679
680 Number of time the Grid will try to resubmit your job in case of Grid related problem.
681
682 =item B<shallow_retry_count>
683
684 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.
685
686 =item B<maxtarballsize>
687
688 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)
689
690 =item B<skipwmsauth>
691
692 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.
693
694 =back
695
696 B<[LSF]> or B<[CAF]>
697
698 =over 4
699
700 =item B<queue>
701
702 The LSF queue you want to use: if none, the default one will be used. For CAF, the proper queue will be automatically selected.
703
704 =item B<resource>
705
706 The resources to be used within a LSF queue. Again, for CAF, the right one is selected.
707
708 =item B<copyCommand>
709
710 To define the command to be used to copy both Input and Output sandboxes to final location. Default is cp
711
712 =back
713
714 =head1 FILES
715
716 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.
717
718 I<crab> creates by default a working directory 'crab_0_E<lt>dateE<gt>_E<lt>timeE<gt>'
719
720 I<crab> saves all command lines in the file I<crab.history>.
721
722 =head1 HISTORY
723
724 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.
725
726 =head1 AUTHORS
727
728 """
729 author_string = '\n'
730 for auth in common.prog_authors:
731 #author = auth[0] + ' (' + auth[2] + ')' + ' E<lt>'+auth[1]+'E<gt>,\n'
732 author = auth[0] + ' E<lt>' + auth[1] +'E<gt>,\n'
733 author_string = author_string + author
734 pass
735 help_string = help_string + author_string[:-2] + '.'\
736 """
737
738 =cut
739 """
740
741 pod = tempfile.mktemp()+'.pod'
742 pod_file = open(pod, 'w')
743 pod_file.write(help_string)
744 pod_file.close()
745
746 if option == 'man':
747 man = tempfile.mktemp()
748 pod2man = 'pod2man --center=" " --release=" " '+pod+' >'+man
749 os.system(pod2man)
750 os.system('man '+man)
751 pass
752 elif option == 'tex':
753 fname = common.prog_name+'-v'+common.prog_version_str
754 tex0 = tempfile.mktemp()+'.tex'
755 pod2tex = 'pod2latex -full -out '+tex0+' '+pod
756 os.system(pod2tex)
757 tex = fname+'.tex'
758 tex_old = open(tex0, 'r')
759 tex_new = open(tex, 'w')
760 for s in tex_old.readlines():
761 if string.find(s, '\\begin{document}') >= 0:
762 tex_new.write('\\title{'+common.prog_name+'\\\\'+
763 '(Version '+common.prog_version_str+')}\n')
764 tex_new.write('\\author{\n')
765 for auth in common.prog_authors:
766 tex_new.write(' '+auth[0]+
767 '\\thanks{'+auth[1]+'} \\\\\n')
768 tex_new.write('}\n')
769 tex_new.write('\\date{}\n')
770 elif string.find(s, '\\tableofcontents') >= 0:
771 tex_new.write('\\maketitle\n')
772 continue
773 elif string.find(s, '\\clearpage') >= 0:
774 continue
775 tex_new.write(s)
776 tex_old.close()
777 tex_new.close()
778 print 'See '+tex
779 pass
780 elif option == 'html':
781 fname = common.prog_name+'-v'+common.prog_version_str+'.html'
782 pod2html = 'pod2html --title='+common.prog_name+\
783 ' --infile='+pod+' --outfile='+fname
784 os.system(pod2html)
785 print 'See '+fname
786 pass
787 elif option == 'txt':
788 fname = common.prog_name+'-v'+common.prog_version_str+'.txt'
789 pod2text = 'pod2text '+pod+' '+fname
790 os.system(pod2text)
791 print 'See '+fname
792 pass
793
794 sys.exit(0)