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<p>Let us now see how our suite ran, type the following:</p>
<div ><pre>&gt; ecflow_client --get_state</pre>
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<div >This command will retrieve the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-suite-definition"><em >suite definition</em></a> from the server,</div>
<div >which is is then shown with all the <strong>state</strong> for each <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-node"><em >node</em></a></div>
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<div >Look at the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-task"><em >task</em></a> <strong>t1</strong> if it is <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-complete"><em >complete</em></a> and the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-suite"><em >suite</em></a> is <em>complete</em></div>
<div >then the run was successful.</div>
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<div >If this is not the case, and you might see <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-aborted"><em >aborted</em></a>.</div>
<div >Please check the location (directory) of your <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecf-script"><em >ecf script</em></a> before referring</div>
<div >to your instructor.</div>
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<div >The <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-job-file"><em >job file</em></a> created by the server is located in the same directory as the</div>
<div ><a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecf-script"><em >ecf script</em></a>, and is named <em>t1.job1</em>.</div>
<div >Compare the files <tt ><span >t1.ecf</span></tt>, <tt ><span >head.h</span></tt>, <tt ><span >tail.h</span></tt> and <tt ><span >t1.job1</span></tt>.</div>
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<div >The <strong>output</strong> of the job is located in the same directory as the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-ecf-script"><em >ecf script</em></a>,</div>
<div >and is named <tt ><span >t1.1</span></tt>.</div>
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<h2>Retrieving the suite definition<a  href="#retrieving-the-suite-definition" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h2>
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<li><p >To retrieve the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-suite-definition"><em >suite definition</em></a> in a form that is parse-able, type:</p>
<div ><pre>&gt; ecflow_client --get</pre>
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<p>This can be done in a python script:</p>
<div ><div ><pre><span >ci</span> <span >=</span> <span >ecflow</span><span >.</span><span >Client</span><span >();</span>
<span >try</span><span >:</span>
   <span >ci</span><span >.</span><span >sync_local</span><span >()</span>                                   <span ># get server definition, by sync with client defs</span>
   <span >ecflow</span><span >.</span><span >PrintStyle</span><span >.</span><span >set_style</span><span >(</span> <span >ecflow</span><span >.</span><span >Style</span><span >.</span><span >DEFS</span> <span >)</span>  <span ># set printing to format that is re-parseable</span>
   <span >print</span> <span >ci</span><span >.</span><span >get_defs</span><span >()</span>                               <span ># print the returned suite definition</span>
<span >except</span> <span >RuntimeError</span><span >,</span> <span >e</span><span >:</span>
   <span >print</span> <span >&quot;failed: &quot;</span> <span >+</span> <span >str</span><span >(</span><span >e</span><span >);</span>
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<li><p >To retrieve the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-suite-definition"><em >suite definition</em></a> and show state:</p>
<div ><pre>&gt; ecflow_client --get_state</pre>
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<p>In python this would be:</p>
<div ><div ><pre><span >ci</span> <span >=</span> <span >ecflow</span><span >.</span><span >Client</span><span >();</span>
<span >try</span><span >:</span>
   <span >ci</span><span >.</span><span >sync_local</span>                                     <span ># retrieve server definition</span>
   <span >ecflow</span><span >.</span><span >PrintStyle</span><span >.</span><span >set_style</span><span >(</span> <span >ecflow</span><span >.</span><span >Style</span><span >.</span><span >STATE</span> <span >)</span> <span ># show node state, this is not re-parseable</span>
   <span >print</span> <span >ci</span><span >.</span><span >get_defs</span><span >()</span>                               <span ># print the returned suite definition</span>
<span >except</span> <span >RuntimeError</span><span >,</span> <span >e</span><span >:</span>
   <span >print</span> <span >&quot;failed: &quot;</span> <span >+</span> <span >str</span><span >(</span><span >e</span><span >);</span>
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<p>What to do:</p>
<ol >
<li>Locate the ECF job and the output</li>
<li>Check results by retrieving the <a  href="/wiki/display/ECFLOW/Glossary#term-suite-definition"><em >suite definition</em></a> from the server</li>
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