signal for exit of a process

[antoniosk]

I have a program which runs a simulation for my PhD. When it ends, I want to change some parameters and run it again.

How can I create a program which will determine that a simulation has ended and will run a new one?

which signal is that? I am running my simulations in bash shell.


thanks

[JosAH]

I have a program which runs a simulation for my PhD. When it ends, I want to change some parameters and run it again.

How can I create a program which will determine that a simulation has ended and will run a new one?

which signal is that? I am running my simulations in bash shell.


thanks

Can a next run start the moment a previous run has terminated? Or do you
want to play with some parameter values (manually) before you start a next run?

kind regards,

Jos

[antoniosk]

currently I change manually my parameters. However, once I find how I can make the program aware that a simulation has ended I will arrange that these parameters change automatically.

I think that using unix signals is the best way

[JosAH]

currently I change manually my parameters. However, once I find how I can make the program aware that a simulation has ended I will arrange that these parameters change automatically.

I think that using unix signals is the best way

Does your process/program knows that another iteration needs to be run?
If so you could tell your shell so by exit(<non-zero-value>) indicating that
another run is needed.

kind regards,

Jos

[antoniosk]

I think that I haven't posed the nature of my problem well....


The situation is that I need to make say 11 consecutive simulations. However, all those have to run separately... This is why I have to be looking in the processes to see when my simulation has ended.

If I knew when they would end, then I would be able tell my program to run those simulations sequentially without my presence in front of the computer needed...

I really appreciate your interest.

[Ganon11]

Could you possibly have a 'container' program? It can call the program 11 times, each time submitting different vaues for your settings/parameters, to get the 11 different simulations. Each time it calls the other program, it should wait until it finishes before moving onto the next statement...I think...

[weaknessforcats]

What controls the running of the 11 simulations?? A script file??

Perhaps you just use a .bat file and start your program 11 times.

[antoniosk]

it should wait until it finishes before moving onto the next statement...I think...


this is the essence of my question... How can I make my program wait until the first simulation is over?

[JosAH]

I think that I haven't posed the nature of my problem well....


The situation is that I need to make say 11 consecutive simulations. However, all those have to run separately... This is why I have to be looking in the processes to see when my simulation has ended.

If I knew when they would end, then I would be able tell my program to run those simulations sequentially without my presence in front of the computer needed...

I really appreciate your interest.

From what I understand from your description now is that you want/need to
run a couple of those simulations/processes parallel, right? Can a simulation
start when another one hasn't finished yet? Do some simulation(s) need to be
run before other simulation(s) can start? If so, those nasty "PERT" graphs
come to mind, but I'm afraid I'm overcomplicatin g matters a bit again.

Care to elaborate a bit more?

kind regards,

Jos

[antoniosk]

the problem....


I want to run the same program sequentially - that is restart it (with slight changes) when the previous run has ended....


How will I make my program aware of the fact that the previous run has ended?