Re: [ROOT] environment variables in a PROOF session

From: Piergiorgio Cerello (cerello@to.infn.it)
Date: Thu Nov 14 2002 - 16:11:10 MET


On 14 Nov 2002, Fons Rademakers wrote:

> You can execute and script from the remote proof session by doing:
> 
> gProof->Exec(".x setup.C")

this is not what I need... in fact, I would need setup.C to be
different on the different slaves, according to their configuration...
cheers,
pg

> 
> where setup.C is local on your machine and upon execution of the Exec()
> code send to the proof master and all slaves.
> 
> 
> Cheers, Fons.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 14:19, Piergiorgio Cerello wrote:
> > thanks Fons,
> > just one additional question: what about environemnt variables whose
> > values are unknown to the user starting the PROOF master?
> > For example, variables related to the parametrization of the node
> > configuration (i.e., input location, shared libraries location, etc.).
> > should they be read from a standard configuration file or is there a way
> > to force the execution of a login script for the remote proof session?
> > ciao,
> > piergiorgio
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > On 13 Nov 2002, Fons Rademakers wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 15:22, Piergiorgio Cerello wrote:
> > > > Hi evereybody,
> > > > I have a couple of questions about PROOF remote session. In particular:
> > > > 
> > > > - how to set environment variables in remote sessions
> > > 
> > > via gProof->Exec():
> > > 
> > > root [0] gROOT->Proof()
> > > **** Welcome to the PROOF server @ pcsalo.cern.ch ****
> > > **** PROOF slave server @ pcsalo.cern.ch started ****
> > > **** PROOF slave server @ pcsalo.cern.ch started ****
> > > PROOF set to parallel mode (2 slaves)
> > > root [1] gProof->Exec("gSystem->Setenv(\"AAP\",\"pipo\")")
> > > (Int_t)0
> > > root [2] gProof->Exec("gSystem->Getenv(\"AAP\")")
> > > (const char* 0x8533b7c)"pipo"
> > > (const char* 0x8533b7c)"pipo"
> > > (Int_t)0
> > > 
> > > > - how to start a PROOF remote session with an extended executable (for 
> > > >   example, aliroot).
> > > >   I could start root and load the shared libraries dynamically, but I
> > > >   should extend the path. Otherwise, how can I associate to the
> > > >   remote proof session a command other than "root"? 
> > > 
> > > in the remote sessions we will have something as root.exe running. We
> > > cannot run arbitrary executables. However, once the package manager is
> > > finished it will be easy to package all aliroot shared libs in a proof
> > > package and distribute that over all nodes:
> > > 
> > > gProof->UploadPackage("aliroot.par")
> > > 
> > > and load all shared libs using:
> > > 
> > > gProof->EnablePackage("aliroot")
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Cheers, Fons.
> > > 
> > > 
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> > > 
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> Org:    CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
> Mail:   1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland
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