Before, the scratch would be just $TMP. This would result in a the sharded work directories of calculation jobs to be directly in the temporary directory of the filesystem and it would be difficult to clean it up. By putting it in a subdirectory that is clearly recognizable, deleting stale working directories becomes a lot easier.
Before, the scratch would be just
$TMP. This would result in a the sharded work directories of calculation jobs to be directly in the temporary directory of the filesystem and it would be difficult to clean it up. By putting it in a subdirectory that is clearly recognizable, deleting stale working directories becomes a lot easier.