AnchorMC: Allow more option overwrites

Author: sawenzel

MC/bin/o2dpg_sim_workflow_anchored.py

@@ -582,13 +582,19 @@ def main():
          forwardargs += ' --ctp-scaler ' + str(ctp_local_rate_raw)
 
     # we finally pass forward to the unanchored MC workflow creation
-    # TODO: this needs to be done in a pythonic way clearly
-    # NOTE: forwardargs can - in principle - contain some of the arguments that are appended here. However, the last passed argument wins, so they would be overwritten.
+    # NOTE: forwardargs can - in principle - contain some of the arguments that are appended here. 
+    # However, the last passed argument wins, so they would be overwritten. If this should not happen, the option
+    # needs to be handled as further below:
     energyarg = (" -eCM " + str(eCM)) if A1 == A2 else (" -eA " + str(eA) + " -eB " + str(eB))
     forwardargs += " -tf " + str(args.tf) + " --sor " + str(run_start) + " --timestamp " + str(timestamp) + " --production-offset " + str(prod_offset) + " -run " + str(args.run_number) + " --run-anchored --first-orbit "       \
-                   + str(GLOparams["FirstOrbit"]) + " -field ccdb -bcPatternFile ccdb" + " --orbitsPerTF " + str(GLOparams["OrbitsPerTF"]) + " -col " + str(ColSystem) + str(energyarg)
+                   + str(GLOparams["FirstOrbit"]) + " --orbitsPerTF " + str(GLOparams["OrbitsPerTF"]) + " -col " + str(ColSystem) + str(energyarg)
+    # the following options can be overwritten/influence from the outside
     if not '--readoutDets' in forwardargs:
        forwardargs += ' --readoutDets ' + GLOparams['detList']
+    if not '-field' in forwardargs:
+       forwardargs += ' -field ccdb '
+    if not '-bcPatternFile' in forwardargs:
+       forwardargs += ' -bcPatternFile ccdb '
     print ("forward args ", forwardargs)
     cmd = "${O2DPG_ROOT}/MC/bin/o2dpg_sim_workflow.py " + forwardargs