custom unique task id

[Joosep Pata]

Hi,

How could one specify a parametric task id? I.e. instead of GC1235134 appearing on my cluster queue as the job name, I'd like something informative like

~~~

myAnalysis_subTask1_@DATE@_@uniquestring@

~~~

I tried setting

~~~

[task]

task id = myAnalysis_subTask1_@DATE@

~~~

in the conf but @DATE@ doesn't get replaced.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, cheers

Joosep

[Joosep Pata]

In fact, it does get replaced but only partly:

If I specify

~~~

[task]

task id = tth_count_@GUID@

~~~

then on the scheduling system a particular job has:

~~~

$ squeue -j 11913633 -o "%j"

tth_count_.19

~~~

whereas from the executable after substitutions:

~~~

tth_count_ef8dc494-9cab-415c-9ec7-f6904d269327

~~~

and the sandbox is named

~~~

$ ls work.count/sandbox/

tth_count_@GUID@.0000.z1EseW

~~~

Is there a way to do it consistently?

Thanks, cheers,

Joosep