Re: [MTT users] Patch to add --local-scratch option

2008-09-19 Thread Jeff Squyres
Excellent points. What about a slightly different approach that would allow us to be exactly specific? --scratch=dir1[,dir2[,dir3[,...]]] And then in the INI file, have fields that indicate which scratch dir you want them to use. For example, the fact that the OMPI MPI Install plugin do

Re: [MTT users] Patch to add --local-scratch option

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Mattox
I've also been thinking about this a bit more, and although having the name match the INI section name has some appeal, I ultimately think the best name is: --mpi-build-scratch, since that is what it does. As Ethan mentioned, the actual MPI install goes into --scratch. And on the other side of it

Re: [MTT users] Patch to add --local-scratch option

2008-09-19 Thread Ethan Mallove
On Thu, Sep/18/2008 05:35:13PM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Ethan Mallove wrote: > >>> Ah, yeah, ok, now I see why you wouldl call it --mpi-install-scratch, so >>> that it matches the MTT ini section name. Sure, that works for me. >> >> Since this does seem like a feature t