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anchorMC: Take away need to specify NSIGEVENTS #2059

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17 changes: 13 additions & 4 deletions MC/run/ANCHOR/anchorMC.sh
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Expand Up @@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ print_help()
echo
echo "as well as:"
echo "NTIMEFRAMES,"
echo "NSIGEVENTS,"
echo "SPLITID,"
echo "CYCLE,"
echo "PRODSPLIT."
echo
echo "Optional are:"
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echo "ALIEN_JDL_INVERT_IRFRAME_SELECTION, invertes the choice of ALIEN_JDL_RUN_TIME_SPAN_FILE"
echo "ALIEN_JDL_CCDB_CONDITION_NOT_AFTER, sets the condition_not_after timestamp for CCDB queries"
echo "DISABLE_QC, set this to disable QC, e.g. to 1"
echo "CYCLE, to set a cycle number different than 0"
echo "NSIGEVENTS, to enforce a specific upper limit of events in a timeframe (not counting orbit-early) events"
}

# Prevent the script from being soured to omit unexpected surprises when exit is used
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -142,11 +142,20 @@ fi
[ -z "${ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORYEAR}" ] && { echo_error "Set ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORYEAR or ANCHORYEAR" ; exit 1 ; }

[ -z "${NTIMEFRAMES}" ] && { echo_error "Set NTIMEFRAMES" ; exit 1 ; }
[ -z "${NSIGEVENTS}" ] && { echo_error "Set NSIGEVENTS" ; exit 1 ; }
[ -z "${SPLITID}" ] && { echo_error "Set SPLITID" ; exit 1 ; }
[ -z "${CYCLE}" ] && { echo_error "Set CYCLE" ; exit 1 ; }
[ -z "${PRODSPLIT}" ] && { echo_error "Set PRODSPLIT" ; exit 1 ; }

# The number of signal events can be given, but should be useful only in
# certain expert modes. In the default case, the final event number is determined by the timeframe length.
if [ -z "${NSIGEVENTS}" ]; then
NSIGEVENTS=10000 # this is just some big number; In the simulation the event number is the minimum of this number and what fits into a single timeframe
# based on the interaction rate. The number is a reasonable upper limit related to ~5696 collisions that fit into 32 LHC orbits at 2MHz interaction rate.
fi

if [ -z "${CYCLE}" ]; then
echo_info "No CYCLE number given ... defaulting to 0"
CYCLE=0
fi

# this generates an exact reproducer script for this job
# that can be used locally for debugging etc.
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