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2020-07-29 16:13:07 SEVERE exportfits::image::tofits (file ../../tools/images/image_cmpt.cc, line 6211) Exception Reported: Exception: File VIP_iter1b.image.smooth5.fits exists, and the user does not want to remove it..
2020-07-29 16:13:07 SEVERE exportfits::image::tofits (file ../../tools/images/image_cmpt.cc, line 6211)+ ... thrown by static void casa::ImageFactory::_checkOutfile(const casacore::String&, casacore::Bool) at File: ../../imageanalysis/ImageAnalysis/ImageFactory2.cc, line: 568
2020-07-29 16:13:07 SEVERE exportfits::::@testpost001:MPIClient An error occurred running task exportfits.
I de-linked everything in bdsf_1.8.15-py27-rh7-env to make it more portable but then would sometimes get Failed to transfer files errors in the condor.log which seems to be related to the number of files which was about 12,000. I could reproduce the problem by transferring a directory with about 10,008 files in it but not repeatedly reproduce it. So there is something else going wrong. Anyway, since these tasks are not planned to run at CHTC I am going to go back to calling this out of Josh's home account. A longer-term solution might be to move it out of josh's area and into VLASS or tar up the portable directory and copy that instead.
Doesn't alter the MS
subprocess.call(['/users/jmarvil/scripts/run_bdsf.py', imagename_base+'iter1b.image.smooth5.fits'],env={'PYTHONPATH':''})
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