'.../input_decks/$RUN_NAME.tar' creation on validation run

[ma-th]

the single fire validation run process seems to work and provides some fire model outputs but gives an error on creation of the tarred input deck 'elmfire/runs/hindcasts/input_decks/$RUN_NAME.tar', which is an issue later when trying to run the hindcast via the 01-run.sh script. See lines 11-13 of the hindcast run log attached.

ca-county_20180701_062200.txt

The log message appears to be commanded from '/elmfire/runs/hindcasts/04-launch_run.sh' lines 141-142:

progress_message` "Done setting up, tarring up input deck" tar -cf $CWD/input_decks/$RUN_NAME.tar ./*

[ma-th]

this was run using the latest release 2023.06

[lautenberger]

Thank you Maria! Acknowledging receipt and will take a look here shortly.

[lautenberger]

The error message is emitted by tar most likely because the directory $ELMFIRE_BASE_DIR/runs/hindcasts/input_decks does not exist on your machine. I committed a .gitignore file to the repo in that directory and that should solve the problem moving forward:

https://github.com/lautenberger/elmfire/tree/main/runs/hindcasts/input_decks

So either git pull or mkdir that directory and I suspect the case will run to completion. If that solves it let me know so I can close out this ticket - thanks!

[ma-th]

working without the tar error message now. thanks!

[lautenberger]

Excellent - will close this ticket then. And if you happen to notice any typos or weirdness in the documentation as you're going through it, feel free to submit a PR to get it cleaned up. Thanks!