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Text Method

Create a file called test.def , using your favourite text editor, with the following contents

# Definition of the suite test
suite test
   edit ECF_HOME "$HOME/course"  # replace '$HOME' with the path to your home directory
   task t1
endsuite

1. This line is a comment line. Any characters between the # and the end of line are ignored
2. The second line is empty
3. This line defines a new suite by the name of test.
4. Here we define a ecflow variable called ECF_HOME. This variable defines the directory where all the unix files that will be used by the suite test will reside. For the rest of the course all file names will be given relative to this directory. Be sure to replace $HOME with the path to your home directory
5. This defines a task named t1
6. The endsuite finishes the definition of the suite test

Python Method

Enter the following python code into a file, i.e test.py :

#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
import os
import ecflow 
   
print "Creating suite definition"   
defs = ecflow.Defs()
suite = defs.add_suite("test")
suite.add_variable("ECF_HOME", os.getenv("HOME") + "/course")
suite.add_task("t1")

Then run as a python script:

python test.py

What to do

1. Initially try both plain text and python examples. Later examples are only in python.
2. Type in the suite definition file.