Hi Stefan,
"Dr. Stefan Harfst" <[email protected]> writes:
> Dear Loris,
>
> one way to achieve what you want is to use the modxxxfooter parameters in the
> eb-file (untested):
>
> modluafooter = 'setenv("MCR_CACHE_ROOT", pathJoin("/scratch",
> pathJoin(os.getenv("USER"), "mcr_cache")))'
> modtclfooter = 'setenv("MCR_CACHE_ROOT", pathJoin("/scratch",
> pathJoin(os.getenv("USER"), "mcr_cache")))'
>
> Not sure if this is advisable, in particular if you use $TMPDIR as this may
> change from the time the module is loaded to the time Matlab is running.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to set MCR_CACHE_ROOT within Matlab based on TMPDIR?
You are right that the dependency on TMPDIR is a bit fragile. However,
the goal is to have user-specific temporary directories on a global file
system, for MATLAB and other programs, in a single place, so that we
can easily clear it them every now an then, using something like a
Robinhood delete policy. This mechanism worked well enough on our last
cluster.
Cheers,
Loris
> Best wishes
> Stefan
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> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Loris Bennett
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. März 2019 11:42
> An: easybuild <[email protected]>
> Betreff: Re: [easybuild] Accessing environment variables in easyconfig
>
> Hi Åke,
>
> I want to add the environment variables to a MATLAB easyconfig which are
> needed to run compiled MATLAB programms
>
> I tried
>
> modextravars = {'LM_LICENSE_FILE': '%s@%s' % (license_server_port,
> license_server),
> 'MATLABROOT': '.',
> 'MCR_HOME': 'MATLABROOT',
> 'MCR_CACHE_ROOT': '/scratch/$USER/mcr_cache',
> }
>
> But when I load the module as a normal user, the variable is not
> expanded:
>
> $ echo $MCR_CACHE_ROOT
> /scratch/$USER/mcr_cache
>
> Ultimately, I may well just define a general temporary directory such as
>
> TMPDIR=/scratch/tmp/$USER
>
> somewhere in /etc/profile.d, but even then I'd need to have the module expand
> $TMPDIR properly.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Loris
>
>
> I want to add an
> Åke Sandgren <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> That sounds very wrong.
>>
>> Installing user should not be exposed to the software that is being
>> installed.
>>
>> What's your use-case?
>>
>> On 3/12/19 9:52 AM, Loris Bennett wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I need to get $USER within an easyconfig. I found the documentation
>>> for the Python module easybuild.tools.environment, but this doesn't
>>> seem to be what I need.
>>>
>>> Can any one point me to the documentation about how to access
>>> environment variables in an easyconfig?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Loris
>>>
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