validateAlignments.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
#test execute: export CMSSW_BASE=/tmp/CMSSW && ./validateAlignments.py -c defaultCRAFTValidation.ini,test.ini -n -N test
import os
import sys
import optparse
import datetime
import shutil
import fnmatch

import Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.configTemplates \
    as configTemplates
import Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.crabWrapper as crabWrapper
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.TkAlExceptions \
    import AllInOneError
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.helperFunctions \
    import replaceByMap, getCommandOutput2, addIndex
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.betterConfigParser \
    import BetterConfigParser
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.alignment import Alignment

from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.genericValidation \
    import GenericValidation
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.geometryComparison \
    import GeometryComparison
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.offlineValidation \
    import OfflineValidation, OfflineValidationDQM
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.monteCarloValidation \
    import MonteCarloValidation
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.trackSplittingValidation \
    import TrackSplittingValidation
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.zMuMuValidation \
    import ZMuMuValidation
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.primaryVertexValidation \
    import PrimaryVertexValidation
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.preexistingValidation \
    import *
from Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.plottingOptions \
    import PlottingOptions
import Alignment.OfflineValidation.TkAlAllInOneTool.globalDictionaries \
    as globalDictionaries


####################--- Classes ---############################
class ValidationJob:

    # these count the jobs of different varieties that are being run
    crabCount = 0
    interactCount = 0
    batchCount = 0
    batchJobIds = []
    jobCount = 0

    def __init__( self, validation, config, options ):
        if validation[1] == "":
            # intermediate syntax
            valString = validation[0].split( "->" )[0]
            alignments = validation[0].split( "->" )[1]
            # force user to use the normal syntax
            if "->" in validation[0]:
                msg = ("Instead of using the intermediate syntax\n'"
                       +valString.strip()+"-> "+alignments.strip()
                       +":'\nyou have to use the now fully supported syntax \n'"
                       +valString.strip()+": "
                       +alignments.strip()+"'.")
                raise AllInOneError(msg)
        else:
            valString = validation[0]
            alignments = validation[1]
        valString = valString.split()
        self.__valType = valString[0]
        self.__valName = valString[1]
        self.__commandLineOptions = options
        self.__config = config
        self.__preexisting = ("preexisting" in self.__valType)
        if self.__valType[0] == "*":
            self.__valType = self.__valType[1:]
            self.__preexisting = True

        # workaround for intermediate parallel version
        if self.__valType == "offlineParallel":
            print ("offlineParallel and offline are now the same.  To run an offline parallel validation,\n"
                   "just set parallelJobs to something > 1.  There is no reason to call it offlineParallel anymore.")
            self.__valType = "offline"            
        section = self.__valType + ":" + self.__valName
        if not self.__config.has_section( section ):
            raise AllInOneError("Validation '%s' of type '%s' is requested in"
                                  " '[validation]' section, but is not defined."
                                  "\nYou have to add a '[%s]' section."
                                  %( self.__valName, self.__valType, section ))
        self.validation = self.__getValidation( self.__valType, self.__valName,
                                                alignments, self.__config,
                                                options )

    def __getValidation( self, valType, name, alignments, config, options ):
        if valType == "compare":
            alignmentsList = alignments.split( "," )
            firstAlignList = alignmentsList[0].split()
            firstAlignName = firstAlignList[0].strip()
            if firstAlignName == "IDEAL":
                raise AllInOneError("'IDEAL' has to be the second (reference)"
                                      " alignment in 'compare <val_name>: "
                                      "<alignment> <reference>'.")
            if len( firstAlignList ) > 1:
                firstRun = firstAlignList[1]
            else:
                firstRun = "1"
            firstAlign = Alignment( firstAlignName, self.__config, firstRun )
            firstAlignName = firstAlign.name
            secondAlignList = alignmentsList[1].split()
            secondAlignName = secondAlignList[0].strip()
            if len( secondAlignList ) > 1:
                secondRun = secondAlignList[1]
            else:
                secondRun = "1"
            if secondAlignName == "IDEAL":
                secondAlign = secondAlignName
            else:
                secondAlign = Alignment( secondAlignName, self.__config,
                                         secondRun )
                secondAlignName = secondAlign.name
                
            validation = GeometryComparison( name, firstAlign, secondAlign,
                                             self.__config,
                                             self.__commandLineOptions.getImages)
        elif valType == "offline":
            validation = OfflineValidation( name, 
                Alignment( alignments.strip(), self.__config ), self.__config )
        elif valType == "preexistingoffline":
            validation = PreexistingOfflineValidation(name, self.__config)
        elif valType == "offlineDQM":
            validation = OfflineValidationDQM( name, 
                Alignment( alignments.strip(), self.__config ), self.__config )
        elif valType == "mcValidate":
            validation = MonteCarloValidation( name, 
                Alignment( alignments.strip(), self.__config ), self.__config )
        elif valType == "preexistingmcValidate":
            validation = PreexistingMonteCarloValidation(name, self.__config)
        elif valType == "split":
            validation = TrackSplittingValidation( name, 
                Alignment( alignments.strip(), self.__config ), self.__config )
        elif valType == "preexistingsplit":
            validation = PreexistingTrackSplittingValidation(name, self.__config)
        elif valType == "zmumu":
            validation = ZMuMuValidation( name, 
                Alignment( alignments.strip(), self.__config ), self.__config )
        elif valType == "primaryvertex":
            validation = PrimaryVertexValidation( name, 
                Alignment( alignments.strip(), self.__config ), self.__config )
        else:
            raise AllInOneError("Unknown validation mode '%s'"%valType)

        return validation

    def __createJob( self, jobMode, outpath ):
        """This private method creates the needed files for the validation job.
           """
        self.validation.createConfiguration( outpath )
        if self.__preexisting:
            return
        self.__scripts = sum([addIndex(script, self.validation.NJobs) for script in self.validation.createScript( outpath )], [])
        if jobMode.split( ',' )[0] == "crab":
            self.validation.createCrabCfg( outpath )
        return None

    def createJob(self):
        """This is the method called to create the job files."""
        self.__createJob( self.validation.jobmode,
                          os.path.abspath( self.__commandLineOptions.Name) )

    def runJob( self ):
        if self.__preexisting:
            if self.validation.jobid:
                self.batchJobIds.append(self.validation.jobid)
            log = ">             " + self.validation.name + " is already validated."
            print log
            return log
        else:
            if self.validation.jobid:
                print "jobid {} will be ignored, since the validation {} is not preexisting".format(self.validation.jobid, self.validation.name)

        general = self.__config.getGeneral()
        log = ""
        for script in self.__scripts:
            name = os.path.splitext( os.path.basename( script) )[0]
            ValidationJob.jobCount += 1
            if self.__commandLineOptions.dryRun:
                print "%s would run: %s"%( name, os.path.basename( script) )
                continue
            log = ">             Validating "+name
            print ">             Validating "+name
            if self.validation.jobmode == "interactive":
                log += getCommandOutput2( script )
                ValidationJob.interactCount += 1
            elif self.validation.jobmode.split(",")[0] == "lxBatch":
                repMap = { 
                    "commands": self.validation.jobmode.split(",")[1],
                    "logDir": general["logdir"],
                    "jobName": name,
                    "script": script,
                    "bsub": "/afs/cern.ch/cms/caf/scripts/cmsbsub"
                    }
                for ext in ("stdout", "stderr", "stdout.gz", "stderr.gz"):
                    oldlog = "%(logDir)s/%(jobName)s."%repMap + ext
                    if os.path.exists(oldlog):
                        os.remove(oldlog)
                bsubOut=getCommandOutput2("%(bsub)s %(commands)s "
                                          "-J %(jobName)s "
                                          "-o %(logDir)s/%(jobName)s.stdout "
                                          "-e %(logDir)s/%(jobName)s.stderr "
                                          "%(script)s"%repMap)
                #Attention: here it is assumed that bsub returns a string
                #containing a job id like <123456789>
                ValidationJob.batchJobIds.append(bsubOut.split("<")[1].split(">")[0])
                log+=bsubOut
                ValidationJob.batchCount += 1
            elif self.validation.jobmode.split( "," )[0] == "crab":
                os.chdir( general["logdir"] )
                crabName = "crab." + os.path.basename( script )[:-3]
                theCrab = crabWrapper.CrabWrapper()
                options = { "-create": "",
                            "-cfg": crabName + ".cfg",
                            "-submit": "" }
                try:
                    theCrab.run( options )
                except AllInOneError as e:
                    print "crab:", str(e).split("\n")[0]
                    exit(1)
                ValidationJob.crabCount += 1

            else:
                raise AllInOneError("Unknown 'jobmode'!\n"
                                      "Please change this parameter either in "
                                      "the [general] or in the ["
                                      + self.__valType + ":" + self.__valName
                                      + "] section to one of the following "
                                      "values:\n"
                                      "\tinteractive\n\tlxBatch, -q <queue>\n"
                                      "\tcrab, -q <queue>")

        return log

    def getValidation( self ):
        return self.validation


####################--- Functions ---############################
def createOfflineParJobsMergeScript(offlineValidationList, outFilePath):
    repMap = offlineValidationList[0].getRepMap() # bit ugly since some special features are filled
    
    theFile = open( outFilePath, "w" )
    theFile.write( replaceByMap( configTemplates.mergeOfflineParJobsTemplate ,repMap ) )
    theFile.close()

def createExtendedValidationScript(offlineValidationList, outFilePath, resultPlotFile):
    config = offlineValidationList[0].config
    repMap = PlottingOptions(config, "offline")
    repMap[ "resultPlotFile" ] = resultPlotFile
    repMap[ "extendedInstantiation" ] = "" #give it a "" at first in order to get the initialisation back

    for validation in offlineValidationList:
        repMap[ "extendedInstantiation" ] = validation.appendToExtendedValidation( repMap[ "extendedInstantiation" ] )

    theFile = open( outFilePath, "w" )
    theFile.write( replaceByMap( configTemplates.extendedValidationTemplate ,repMap ) )
    theFile.close()
    
def createTrackSplitPlotScript(trackSplittingValidationList, outFilePath):
    config = trackSplittingValidationList[0].config
    repMap = PlottingOptions(config, "split")
    repMap[ "trackSplitPlotInstantiation" ] = "" #give it a "" at first in order to get the initialisation back

    for validation in trackSplittingValidationList:
        repMap[ "trackSplitPlotInstantiation" ] = validation.appendToExtendedValidation( repMap[ "trackSplitPlotInstantiation" ] )
    
    theFile = open( outFilePath, "w" )
    theFile.write( replaceByMap( configTemplates.trackSplitPlotTemplate ,repMap ) )
    theFile.close()

def createPrimaryVertexPlotScript(PrimaryVertexValidationList, outFilePath):
    repMap = PrimaryVertexValidationList[0].getRepMap() # bit ugly since some special features are filled
    repMap[ "CMSSW_BASE" ] = os.environ['CMSSW_BASE']
    repMap[ "PrimaryVertexPlotInstantiation" ] = "" #give it a "" at first in order to get the initialisation back

    for validation in PrimaryVertexValidationList:
        repMap[ "PrimaryVertexPlotInstantiation" ] = validation.appendToExtendedValidation( repMap[ "PrimaryVertexPlotInstantiation" ] )

    theFile = open( outFilePath, "w" )
    theFile.write( replaceByMap( configTemplates.PrimaryVertexPlotTemplate ,repMap ) )
    theFile.close()

def createMergeZmumuPlotsScript(zMuMuValidationList, outFilePath):
    config = zMuMuValidationList[0].config
    repMap = PlottingOptions(config, "zmumu")
    repMap[ "mergeZmumuPlotsInstantiation" ] = "" #give it a "" at first in order to get the initialisation back

    for validation in zMuMuValidationList:
        repMap[ "mergeZmumuPlotsInstantiation" ] = validation.appendToExtendedValidation( repMap[ "mergeZmumuPlotsInstantiation" ] )

    theFile = open( outFilePath, "w" )
    theFile.write( replaceByMap( configTemplates.mergeZmumuPlotsTemplate ,repMap ) )
    theFile.close()

def createMergeScript( path, validations ):
    if(len(validations) == 0):
        raise AllInOneError("Cowardly refusing to merge nothing!")

    config = validations[0].config
    repMap = config.getGeneral()
    repMap.update({
            "DownloadData":"",
            "CompareAlignments":"",
            "RunExtendedOfflineValidation":"",
            "RunTrackSplitPlot":"",
            "MergeZmumuPlots":"",
            "RunPrimaryVertexPlot":"",
            "CMSSW_BASE": os.environ["CMSSW_BASE"],
            "SCRAM_ARCH": os.environ["SCRAM_ARCH"],
            "CMSSW_RELEASE_BASE": os.environ["CMSSW_RELEASE_BASE"],
            })

    comparisonLists = {} # directory of lists containing the validations that are comparable
    for validation in validations:
        for referenceName in validation.filesToCompare:
            validationName = "%s.%s"%(validation.__class__.__name__, referenceName)
            validationName = validationName.split(".%s"%GenericValidation.defaultReferenceName )[0]
            validationName = validationName.split("Preexisting")[-1]
            if validationName in comparisonLists:
                comparisonLists[ validationName ].append( validation )
            else:
                comparisonLists[ validationName ] = [ validation ]
   
    # introduced to merge individual validation outputs separately
    #  -> avoids problems with merge script
    repMap["haddLoop"] = "mergeRetCode=0\n"
    repMap["rmUnmerged"] = ("if [[ mergeRetCode -eq 0 ]]; then\n"
                            "    echo -e \\n\"Merging succeeded, removing original files.\"\n")
    repMap["copyMergeScripts"] = ""
    repMap["mergeParallelFilePrefixes"] = ""

    anythingToMerge = []
    
    for validationType in comparisonLists:
        for validation in comparisonLists[validationType]:
            if isinstance(validation, PreexistingValidation) or validation.NJobs == 1:
                continue
            if validationType not in anythingToMerge:
                anythingToMerge += [validationType]
                repMap["haddLoop"] += '\n\n\n\necho -e "\n\nMerging results from %s jobs"\n\n' % validationType
            repMap["haddLoop"] = validation.appendToMerge(repMap["haddLoop"])
            repMap["haddLoop"] += "tmpMergeRetCode=${?}\n"
            repMap["haddLoop"] += ("if [[ tmpMergeRetCode -eq 0 ]]; then "
                                   "xrdcp -f "
                                   +validation.getRepMap()["finalOutputFile"]
                                   +" root://eoscms//eos/cms"
                                   +validation.getRepMap()["finalResultFile"]
                                   +"; fi\n")
            repMap["haddLoop"] += ("if [[ ${tmpMergeRetCode} -gt ${mergeRetCode} ]]; then "
                                   "mergeRetCode=${tmpMergeRetCode}; fi\n")
            for f in validation.getRepMap()["outputFiles"]:
                longName = os.path.join("/store/caf/user/$USER/",
                                        validation.getRepMap()["eosdir"], f)
                repMap["rmUnmerged"] += "    $eos rm "+longName+"\n"
    repMap["rmUnmerged"] += ("else\n"
                             "    echo -e \\n\"WARNING: Merging failed, unmerged"
                             " files won't be deleted.\\n"
                             "(Ignore this warning if merging was done earlier)\"\n"
                             "fi\n")

    if "OfflineValidation" in anythingToMerge:
        repMap["mergeOfflineParJobsScriptPath"] = os.path.join(path, "TkAlOfflineJobsMerge.C")
        
        createOfflineParJobsMergeScript( comparisonLists["OfflineValidation"],
                                         repMap["mergeOfflineParJobsScriptPath"] )
        repMap["copyMergeScripts"] += ("cp .oO[Alignment/OfflineValidation]Oo./scripts/merge_TrackerOfflineValidation.C .\n"
                                       "rfcp %s .\n" % repMap["mergeOfflineParJobsScriptPath"])
        repMap_offline = repMap.copy()
        repMap_offline.update(PlottingOptions(config, "offline"))
        repMap["copyMergeScripts"] = \
            replaceByMap(repMap["copyMergeScripts"], repMap_offline)

    if anythingToMerge:
        # DownloadData is the section which merges output files from parallel jobs
        # it uses the file TkAlOfflineJobsMerge.C
        repMap["DownloadData"] += replaceByMap( configTemplates.mergeParallelResults, repMap )
    else:
        repMap["DownloadData"] = ""

    if "OfflineValidation" in comparisonLists:
        repMap["extendedValScriptPath"] = os.path.join(path, "TkAlExtendedOfflineValidation.C")
        createExtendedValidationScript(comparisonLists["OfflineValidation"],
                                       repMap["extendedValScriptPath"],
                                       "OfflineValidation")
        repMap_offline = repMap.copy()
        repMap_offline.update(PlottingOptions(config, "offline"))
        repMap["RunExtendedOfflineValidation"] = \
            replaceByMap(configTemplates.extendedValidationExecution, repMap_offline)

    if "TrackSplittingValidation" in comparisonLists:
        repMap["trackSplitPlotScriptPath"] = \
            os.path.join(path, "TkAlTrackSplitPlot.C")
        createTrackSplitPlotScript(comparisonLists["TrackSplittingValidation"],
                                       repMap["trackSplitPlotScriptPath"] )
        repMap_split = repMap.copy()
        repMap_split.update(PlottingOptions(config, "split"))
        repMap["RunTrackSplitPlot"] = \
            replaceByMap(configTemplates.trackSplitPlotExecution, repMap_split)

    if "ZMuMuValidation" in comparisonLists:
        repMap["mergeZmumuPlotsScriptPath"] = \
            os.path.join(path, "TkAlMergeZmumuPlots.C")
        createMergeZmumuPlotsScript(comparisonLists["ZMuMuValidation"],
                                       repMap["mergeZmumuPlotsScriptPath"] )
        repMap_zMuMu = repMap.copy()
        repMap_zMuMu.update(PlottingOptions(config, "zmumu"))
        repMap["MergeZmumuPlots"] = \
            replaceByMap(configTemplates.mergeZmumuPlotsExecution, repMap_zMuMu)

    if "PrimaryVertexValidation" in comparisonLists:
        repMap["PrimaryVertexPlotScriptPath"] = \
            os.path.join(path, "TkAlPrimaryVertexValidationPlot.C")

        createPrimaryVertexPlotScript(comparisonLists["PrimaryVertexValidation"],
                                      repMap["PrimaryVertexPlotScriptPath"] )
        repMap_PVVal = repMap.copy()
        repMap_PVVal.update(PlottingOptions(config,"primaryvertex"))
        repMap["RunPrimaryVertexPlot"] = \
            replaceByMap(configTemplates.PrimaryVertexPlotExecution, repMap_PVVal)

    repMap["CompareAlignments"] = "#run comparisons"
    if "OfflineValidation" in comparisonLists:
        compareStrings = [ val.getCompareStrings("OfflineValidation") for val in comparisonLists["OfflineValidation"] ]
        compareStringsPlain = [ val.getCompareStrings("OfflineValidation", plain=True) for val in comparisonLists["OfflineValidation"] ]
            
        repMap_offline = repMap.copy()
        repMap_offline.update(PlottingOptions(config, "offline"))
        repMap_offline.update({"validationId": "OfflineValidation",
                               "compareStrings": " , ".join(compareStrings),
                               "compareStringsPlain": " ".join(compareStringsPlain) })
                               
        repMap["CompareAlignments"] += \
            replaceByMap(configTemplates.compareAlignmentsExecution, repMap_offline)
                
    filePath = os.path.join(path, "TkAlMerge.sh")
    theFile = open( filePath, "w" )
    theFile.write( replaceByMap( configTemplates.mergeTemplate, repMap ) )
    theFile.close()
    os.chmod(filePath,0o755)
    
    return filePath
    
def loadTemplates( config ):
    if config.has_section("alternateTemplates"):
        for templateName in config.options("alternateTemplates"):
            if templateName == "AutoAlternates":
                continue
            newTemplateName = config.get("alternateTemplates", templateName )
            #print "replacing default %s template by %s"%( templateName, newTemplateName)
            configTemplates.alternateTemplate(templateName, newTemplateName)

    
####################--- Main ---############################
def main(argv = None):
    if argv == None:
       argv = sys.argv[1:]
    optParser = optparse.OptionParser()
    optParser.description = """All-in-one Alignment Validation.
This will run various validation procedures either on batch queues or interactively.
If no name is given (-N parameter) a name containing time and date is created automatically.
To merge the outcome of all validation procedures run TkAlMerge.sh in your validation's directory.
"""
    optParser.add_option("-n", "--dryRun", dest="dryRun", action="store_true", default=False,
                         help="create all scripts and cfg File but do not start jobs (default=False)")
    optParser.add_option( "--getImages", dest="getImages", action="store_true", default=True,
                          help="get all Images created during the process (default= True)")
    defaultConfig = "TkAlConfig.ini"
    optParser.add_option("-c", "--config", dest="config", default = defaultConfig,
                         help="configuration to use (default TkAlConfig.ini) this can be a comma-seperated list of all .ini file you want to merge", metavar="CONFIG")
    optParser.add_option("-N", "--Name", dest="Name",
                         help="Name of this validation (default: alignmentValidation_DATE_TIME)", metavar="NAME")
    optParser.add_option("-r", "--restrictTo", dest="restrictTo",
                         help="restrict validations to given modes (comma seperated) (default: no restriction)", metavar="RESTRICTTO")
    optParser.add_option("-s", "--status", dest="crabStatus", action="store_true", default = False,
                         help="get the status of the crab jobs", metavar="STATUS")
    optParser.add_option("-d", "--debug", dest="debugMode", action="store_true",
                         default = False,
                         help="run the tool to get full traceback of errors",
                         metavar="DEBUG")
    optParser.add_option("-m", "--autoMerge", dest="autoMerge", action="store_true", default = False,
                         help="submit TkAlMerge.sh to run automatically when all jobs have finished (default=False)."
                              " Works only for batch jobs")

    (options, args) = optParser.parse_args(argv)

    if not options.restrictTo == None:
        options.restrictTo = options.restrictTo.split(",")
    
    options.config = [ os.path.abspath( iniFile ) for iniFile in \
                       options.config.split( "," ) ]
    config = BetterConfigParser()
    outputIniFileSet = set( config.read( options.config ) )
    failedIniFiles = [ iniFile for iniFile in options.config if iniFile not in outputIniFileSet ]

    # Check for missing ini file
    if options.config == [ os.path.abspath( defaultConfig ) ]:
        if ( not options.crabStatus ) and \
               ( not os.path.exists( defaultConfig ) ):
                raise AllInOneError( "Default 'ini' file '%s' not found!\n"
                                       "You can specify another name with the "
                                       "command line option '-c'/'--config'."
                                       %( defaultConfig ))
    else:
        for iniFile in failedIniFiles:
            if not os.path.exists( iniFile ):
                raise AllInOneError( "'%s' does not exist. Please check for "
                                       "typos in the filename passed to the "
                                       "'-c'/'--config' option!"
                                       %( iniFile ))
            else:
                raise AllInOneError(( "'%s' does exist, but parsing of the "
                                       "content failed!" ) % iniFile)

    # get the job name
    if options.Name == None:
        if not options.crabStatus:
            options.Name = "alignmentValidation_%s"%(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y%m%d_%H%M%S"))
        else:
            existingValDirs = fnmatch.filter( os.walk( '.' ).next()[1],
                                              "alignmentValidation_*" )
            if len( existingValDirs ) > 0:
                options.Name = existingValDirs[-1]
            else:
                print "Cannot guess last working directory!"
                print ( "Please use the parameter '-N' or '--Name' to specify "
                        "the task for which you want a status report." )
                return 1

    # set output path
    outPath = os.path.abspath( options.Name )

    # Check status of submitted jobs and return
    if options.crabStatus:
        os.chdir( outPath )
        crabLogDirs = fnmatch.filter( os.walk('.').next()[1], "crab.*" )
        if len( crabLogDirs ) == 0:
            print "Found no crab tasks for job name '%s'"%( options.Name )
            return 1
        theCrab = crabWrapper.CrabWrapper()
        for crabLogDir in crabLogDirs:
            print
            print "*" + "=" * 78 + "*"
            print ( "| Status report and output retrieval for:"
                    + " " * (77 - len( "Status report and output retrieval for:" ) )
                    + "|" )
            taskName = crabLogDir.replace( "crab.", "" )
            print "| " + taskName + " " * (77 - len( taskName ) ) + "|"
            print "*" + "=" * 78 + "*"
            print
            crabOptions = { "-getoutput":"",
                            "-c": crabLogDir }
            try:
                theCrab.run( crabOptions )
            except AllInOneError as e:
                print "crab:  No output retrieved for this task."
            crabOptions = { "-status": "",
                            "-c": crabLogDir }
            theCrab.run( crabOptions )
        return

    general = config.getGeneral()
    config.set("internals","workdir",os.path.join(general["workdir"],options.Name) )
    config.set("general","datadir",os.path.join(general["datadir"],options.Name) )
    config.set("general","logdir",os.path.join(general["logdir"],options.Name) )
    config.set("general","eosdir",os.path.join("AlignmentValidation", general["eosdir"], options.Name) )

    if not os.path.exists( outPath ):
        os.makedirs( outPath )
    elif not os.path.isdir( outPath ):
        raise AllInOneError("the file %s is in the way rename the Job or move it away"%outPath)

    # replace default templates by the ones specified in the "alternateTemplates" section
    loadTemplates( config )

    #save backup configuration file
    backupConfigFile = open( os.path.join( outPath, "usedConfiguration.ini" ) , "w"  )
    config.write( backupConfigFile )

    validations = []
    for validation in config.items("validation"):
        alignmentList = [validation[1]]
        validationsToAdd = [(validation[0],alignment) \
                                for alignment in alignmentList]
        validations.extend(validationsToAdd)
    jobs = [ ValidationJob( validation, config, options) \
                 for validation in validations ]
    map( lambda job: job.createJob(), jobs )
    validations = [ job.getValidation() for job in jobs ]

    createMergeScript(outPath, validations)

    print
    map( lambda job: job.runJob(), jobs )

    if options.autoMerge:
        # if everything is done as batch job, also submit TkAlMerge.sh to be run
        # after the jobs have finished
        if ValidationJob.jobCount == ValidationJob.batchCount and config.getGeneral()["jobmode"].split(",")[0] == "lxBatch":
            print ">             Automatically merging jobs when they have ended"
            repMap = {
                "commands": config.getGeneral()["jobmode"].split(",")[1],
                "jobName": "TkAlMerge",
                "logDir": config.getGeneral()["logdir"],
                "script": "TkAlMerge.sh",
                "bsub": "/afs/cern.ch/cms/caf/scripts/cmsbsub",
                "conditions": '"' + " && ".join(["ended(" + jobId + ")" for jobId in ValidationJob.batchJobIds]) + '"'
                }
            for ext in ("stdout", "stderr", "stdout.gz", "stderr.gz"):
                oldlog = "%(logDir)s/%(jobName)s."%repMap + ext
                if os.path.exists(oldlog):
                    os.remove(oldlog)

            getCommandOutput2("%(bsub)s %(commands)s "
                              "-o %(logDir)s/%(jobName)s.stdout "
                              "-e %(logDir)s/%(jobName)s.stderr "
                              "-w %(conditions)s "
                              "%(logDir)s/%(script)s"%repMap)

if __name__ == "__main__":        
    # main(["-n","-N","test","-c","defaultCRAFTValidation.ini,latestObjects.ini","--getImages"])
    if "-d" in sys.argv[1:] or "--debug" in sys.argv[1:]:
        main()
    else:
        try:
            main()
        except AllInOneError as e:
            print "\nAll-In-One Tool:", str(e)
            exit(1)