$APT_CONFIG_FILE

[patonp]

On our EE server, we've created a new APT_CONFIG file such that we now have two files - the original version and the new version. In one of our projects, we have modified the project default for the $APT_CONFIG_FILE to point to this new file.

Will jobs within this project that do not add the $APT_CONFIG_FILE variable to the list of variables end up using the new file pointed to by the project default or the original server default configuration file?

Thanks!

[bcarlson]

If the project default has been updated, then any job that does not explicitly specify a config file will use the project default. If, however, a job DOES specify APT_CONFIG_FILE as one of its parameters, then that value will override the project default.

Hope this helps.

Brad.

[ray.wurlod]

The pathname specified by the APT_CONFIG_FILE environment variable, wherever it is set, will be used to specify the configuration file with which a parallel job is run.

[patonp]

The pathname soecified by the APT_CONFIG_FILE environment variable, wherever it is set, will be used to specify the configuration file with which a parallel job is run.

So...am I correct in understanding that the $APT_CONFIG_FILE value set up as the project default will be used by a job even when that environment variable is not explicitly added to the list of variables used by the job?

[DSguru2B]

Yes.