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

2008-09-18 Thread Jeff Squyres
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 that should eventually propogate to all the other phases (except

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

2008-09-18 Thread Ethan Mallove
On Thu, Sep/18/2008 10:11:19AM, Tim Mattox wrote: > I Guess I should comment on Jeff's comments too. > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > > On Sep 16, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Ethan Mallove wrote: > > > >> What happens if one uses --local-scratch, but leaves out the > >> --scratch

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

2008-09-18 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Tim Mattox wrote: Can anyone check it quick for vpath builds? I'll try to give it a whirl in a bit. Just a FYI, I've already run into the "downside" I mentioned once this week. I had to rerun my MTT to get access to the build directory, since it was on /tmp on

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

2008-09-18 Thread Tim Mattox
I Guess I should comment on Jeff's comments too. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > On Sep 16, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Ethan Mallove wrote: > >> What happens if one uses --local-scratch, but leaves out the >> --scratch option? In this case, I think MTT should assume >> --scratch is

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

2008-09-18 Thread Tim Mattox
OK, so how about calling it --mpi-build-scratch? Once we get a consensus on what to call it, I can commit the patch to svn. Can anyone check it quick for vpath builds? Just a FYI, I've already run into the "downside" I mentioned once this week. I had to rerun my MTT to get access to the build dir

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

2008-09-18 Thread Jeff Squyres
Patch looks good. Please also update the CHANGES file (this file reflects bullets for things that have happened since the core testers branch). On Sep 15, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Tim Mattox wrote: Hello, Attached is a patchfile for the mtt trunk that adds a --local-scratch option to client/mtt

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

2008-09-18 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Sep 16, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Ethan Mallove wrote: What happens if one uses --local-scratch, but leaves out the --scratch option? In this case, I think MTT should assume --scratch is the same as --local-scratch. In this case, my $0.02 is that it should be an error. --scratch implies a --loc