Perl

Overview

Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and shell scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is especially good at handling text.

Restrictions on use/License information

Perl is released under the GNU GPL+ and GNU GPL v2+.

There is no restriction on the number of simultaneously running programs on HTCondor.

Versions installed

Set up procedure on submit node

Perl is part of the standard linux installation.

Running the application

Running Perl jobs on HTCondor is simply a matter of submitting the job file with a suitable submit file.

Universe = vanilla

Requirements = (Target.Opsys == "LINUX" && Target.Arch == "X86_64" && <HTCondor ClassAd>=?=True)
Request_Memory = 1000

Log = perl.log
Output = perl.out
Error = perl.error
Notification = Error

Should_Transfer_Files = Yes
When_To_Transfer_Output = On_Exit

Executable = <perl_script>.pl
Transfer_Executable = True
Transfer_Input_Files = <perl_script>.pl

Queue

If your submit file is called submit.txt then your job can be submitted to HTCondor using the command condor_submit submit.txt.

Sample Perl HTCondor jobs

1. Perl script for “hello world” and displaying current working directory.