README.rst

lcpipe

This package collects scripts and other tools for performing lightcurve analysis with fermipy.

Creating Directory Structure

First compose a source list. This should contain a dictionary with one entry per analysis instance:

source0 :
    selection: {target: source0}

source1 :
    selection: {target: source1}

To generate the analysis directories call the fermipy-clone-config script with the baseline configuration and the source list provided to the --source_list parameter:

$ fermipy-clone-config --source_list=source_list.yaml --script=runLC.py --basedir=lc_runs/v0 base.yaml

This will generate one subdirectory for each entry in source_list.yaml with the name of the dictionary key. A bash script {SCRIPTNAME}.sh is also written that runs the python script with its command-line arguments.

Running Batch Jobs

To dispatch jobs run the fermipy-dispatch script. This script accepts a list of analysis subdirectories and will run an analysis instance for each directory. The --runscript option sets the analysis script to be run:

$ fermipy-dispatch lc_runs/v0 --runscript=runLC.sh  --max_jobs 100 --time_per_cycle=60 --time=1000

The --time option sets the request time allocation for each job in minutes.