[Simfactory] Test script

[Ian Hinder]

On 2 Mar 2011, at 22:44, Erik Schnetter wrote:

> SimFactory 2 (the Python version) comes with a script
> "simfactory/bin/distribute" that tests syncing, configuring, building,
> submitting, and running a test job to remote systems. Instructions for
> using this script are in the script. If you are developing SimFactory
> 2, I recommend using this script to test your changes.

I've just been trying out this script, and have a few questions:

1. Is it supposed to work on a machine with no queuing system?  It would be nice to test it quickly on a laptop before trying it out on a remote cluster.

2. Is it supposed to detect that a build has failed and then not try to submit a job?  At the moment it seems to try anyway.

3. Is there an easy way to abort a test once it has been started?

4. For the purpose of testing simfactory, it would be good to default to a very quick thornlist.  I remember some discussion of an "empty.th" but I can't find that discussion or the thornlist.

Thanks for the script!

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Ian Hinder
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