Re: [AMBER-Developers] having tleap fail when input files are not found

From: Hai Nguyen <nhai.qn.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:16:17 -0400

may be we can add regression tests for this too?

Hai

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Scott Brozell <sbrozell.rci.rutgers.edu>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I pushed the fix. Thanks for the report,
> scott
>
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 08:56:48PM -0400, Hai Nguyen wrote:
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > is it good to test yet? I tried dummy command:
> >
> >
> > MSE = loadmol2 MSE.mol2
> >
> > savepdb MSE MSE.pdb
> >
> > quit
> >
> >
> > but still don't see expected behavior (stop when file not found?)
> >
> >
> > output log
> >
> > ....
> >
> > Welcome to LEaP!
> >
> > (no leaprc in search path)
> >
> > Sourcing: ./test.in
> >
> > Could not open file MSE.mol2: not found
> >
> > savePdb: Argument #1 is type String must be of type: [unit]
> >
> > usage: savePdb <object> <filename>
> >
> > Quit
> >
> >
> > Hai
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Scott Brozell <sbrozell.rci.rutgers.edu
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On branch tleap-f-abortonerror, I have added the basic functionality.
> > > I recommend that we merge this into the master after the release and
> > > give it a thorough test drive before releasing it. (We do not know
> > > how much we are relying on the old behavior).
> > >
> > > Presently, there is no control switch - it is always on. It might be
> > > useful to have a command line flag such as -a and/or a command such
> > > as abortOnError. And currently, the only error that can cause an
> > > abort is failing to open a file.
> > >
> > > Here are some details:
> > >
> > > fBasicsMyFopen aborts on error when commands are sourced from a file.
> > > Presently this applies to commands inside a sourced file, ie inside
> bla for
> > > -f bla, but it does not apply to the file itself, ie, if bla cannot be
> > > opened
> > > then there is no abort; nor does it apply to the default startup leaprc
> > > file.
> > >
> > > The isatty approach does not work because leap is
> > > always running interactively, ie, stdin is a tty even when files are
> > > being sourced.
> > >
> > > scott
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 03:27:40AM -0500, Scott Brozell wrote:
> > > > Ok, I'll investigate.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 04:38:17PM -0500, Hai Nguyen wrote:
> > > > > +1 for exiting right away if getting error since the final prmtop
> is
> > > NOT ok
> > > > > to use.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Justin MacCallum <
> > > justin.maccallum.me.com>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We routinely use tleap non-interactively, and this behaviour
> bites us
> > > > > > occasionally. It would be great if there was a mechanism to
> specify
> > > that
> > > > > > tleap should die with a suitable error code whenever ti would
> > > otherwise
> > > > > > print an error when called interactively.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:48:10AM -0500, David Case wrote:
> > > > > This is a long-standing behavior for tleap:
> > > > >
> > > > > > MSE = loadmol2 MSE.mol2
> > > > > Could not open file MSE.mol2: not found
> > > > >
> > > > > ...soldier on, continue with the next command.
> > > > >
> > > > > The above behavior is appropriate for interactive use, to give the
> user
> > > > > the chance to correct a typing mistake. But it mainly causes
> confusion
> > > > > for non-interactive use, since the error message that almost
> > > invevitably
> > > > > will come often hides the true source of the error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could we not use isatty() to make "not found" a fatal error for
> > > > > non-interactive use? Can some kind soul with spare time try to do
> > > this?
> > > > >
> > > > > [I know that there are some workflows that rely on the current
> > > behavior,
> > > > > e.g. they load files that may not exist but also may not be needed.
> > > > > How much should we worry about breaking such behavior? Do we need
> a
> > > > > command-line switch (or a new "global" variable) to control whether
> > > > > "non-found" is fatal?]
>
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