The way day/date attributes are used has changed. Recall day/date with time attributes:
Here the day/date act like a guard over time. Hence the time is not considered until the day/date is free.
task t1 # run on Monday @ 10:00 day monday time 10:00 | task t1 # run on Monday @ 10:00 date 05.08.2019 time 10:00 |
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The definition below in ecflow 4.X.X can produce an unexpected run of task t1, on Monday at 00:00
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family f1
day monday
task t1 # runs Monday@00:00 and Monday@10.00
time 10:00 # time was set free on Sunday
In ecflow 5.X.X the day/date act like a guard over any other time attribute.
Hence the time is not considered until the day is free.
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family f1
day monday # Guards the time, until day/date is free
task t1
time 10:00 # runs on Monday@10.00
However, both behave the same way for the following definition.
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family f1
time 10:00 # set free on the sunday
task t1
day monday # runs Monday@00:00 and Monday@10.00
Repeat with day/date
The behavior of day/date attribute under a repeat has changed from ecflow 4.0.
In ecflow 4.X, if task t1 took longer than 1-hour task t2 would not run.
In ecflow 5.X, once the day monday is free on family f1, it stays free until the automatic re-queue caused by the parent repeat. The net effect being that task t2 will still run, even if we have strayed into Tuesday.
suite s1
family f
repeat integer rep 0 1
family f1
day monday
task t1
time 23:00
task t2
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