Index: /fact/tools/pyscripts/tools/my_ana.py
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--- /fact/tools/pyscripts/tools/my_ana.py	(revision 12898)
+++ /fact/tools/pyscripts/tools/my_ana.py	(revision 12898)
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Werner Lustermann
+# 
+# ETH Zurich
+#
+# class definition of test job
+
+class ana1( object ):
+	""" empty analysis task for tests
+	"""
+	def __init__( self, para1, para2, para3 ):
+		""" initialize variables
+		"""
+		self.para1 = para1
+		self.para2 = para2
+		self.para3 = para3
+		
+	def run( self ):
+		""" analysis code
+		"""
+		print 'running analysis:'
+		print
+		print 'para1: ', self.para1
+		print 'para2: ', self.para2
+		print 'para3: ', self.para3
+		print 
+# end of class: my_ana
+	
Index: /fact/tools/pyscripts/tools/submit.py
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--- /fact/tools/pyscripts/tools/submit.py	(revision 12898)
+++ /fact/tools/pyscripts/tools/submit.py	(revision 12898)
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Werner Lustermann
+#
+# ETH Zurich
+# 
+# sample1 of automatic generation and submission of scripts
+#
+import os
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+parser = OptionParser()
+parser.usage = """
+python submit.py [options]
+or
+submit [options]"""
+
+parser.description = """
+Example script, generating a series of scripts for submission to a queing system
+the existance of a script containing the class definition of an analysis job
+is supposed. The constructor of this class is supposed to take 3 parameters
+
+Note: I used optparse - old - I should have used argparse - to be changes soon
+"""
+
+parser.add_option('-f', '--file', action = 'store', dest='fname', 
+	default = '', help = 'name of file containing run parameters' )
+parser.add_option('-q', '--queue', action = 'store', dest='queue', 
+	default = 'fact_short', help = 'specify queue: { fact_short, fact_middle, fact_long}' )
+parser.add_option('-c', '--cmd', action = 'store', dest='cmd', 
+	default = 'qsub', help = 'cmd: name of the queuing command' )
+parser.add_option('-s', '--script', action = 'store', dest='script', 
+	default = 'my_ana', help = 'script: name of the script file' )
+parser.add_option('-j', '--job', action = 'store', dest='job', 
+	default = 'ana1', help = 'job: name of the job (class) in the script file' )
+
+
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+if len( options.fname ) == 0:
+	para_list = [ [ 'f12_1', 'f12_2', 'f12_3' ],
+				  [ 'f13_1', 'f13_2', 'f13_3' ], 
+				  [ 'f14_1', 'f14_2', 'f14_3' ]
+				]
+else:
+	print 'read para list from file: ', options.fname
+	para_list = []
+
+job_fname = options.script + '_' + options.job + '.py'
+	
+
+for run in para_list:
+	""" loop over all runs
+	- create the program text
+	- save it to disk
+	- submit the job
+	"""
+	pl = ''
+	for opt in run:
+		pl += '\'' + opt + '\','
+	#pl = pl[:-1] # remove the last comma
+	
+	cmd = 'ana = ' + options.job + '( ' + pl + ')' 
+
+	# compose the text of the program script
+	prg_text = """
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# program script generate by submit.py
+#
+# Werner Lustermann, ETH Zurch
+#
+from """ + options.script + ' import ' + options.job + '\n\n' + \
+cmd + """
+ana.run()
+# end of script"""
+	
+	# print 'program:'
+	# print prg_text
+	# print
+	
+	# save the program to disk
+	file = open( job_fname, 'w' )
+	file.write( prg_text )
+	file.close()
+	
+	# submit the program script
+	shell_cmd = 'qsub -S/usr/bin/python -V -q ' + options.queue + ' ', options.job
+	print 'shell_cmd: ', shell_cmd
+	os.system( 'python ' + job_fname )	
+