Unable to clone a case that I do not have write permissions for

[bmartinez]

What version of the code are you using?

I am using cime5.6.49


Have you made any changes to files in the source tree?

No changes.


Describe every step you took leading up to the problem:

I am attempting to clone a case that I do not have write permissions for. The case I am attempting to clone is /glade/work/sglanvil/cases/b.e21.BWHIST.SD.f09_g17.002, and I am attempting to clone it to the new case /glade/u/home/bmartinez/b.e21.BWHIST.SD.f09_g17.002_NEWX. I tried setting the --cime-output-root flag to a directory that I did have write access to (for example, the same directory as the new case I am creating), but it still fails with the following error:

ERROR: Command: '/usr/bin/xmllint --format --output /glade/work/sglanvil/cases/b.e21.BWHIST.SD.f09_g17.002/env_workflow.xml -' failed with error 'b'I/O error : Permission denied\nI/O error : Permission denied'' from dir '/glade/work/bmartinez/code/cesm3/cime/scripts'

The command I tried to use to make the clone is:

./create_clone --case /glade/u/home/bmartinez/b.e21.BWHIST.SD.f09_g17.002_NEWX --clone /glade/work/sglanvil/cases/b.e21.BWHIST.SD.f09_g17.002 --cime-output-root /glade/u/home/bmartinez/b.e21.BWHIST.SD.f09_g17.002_NEWX

If this is a port to a new machine: Please attach any files you added or changed for the machine port (e.g., config_compilers.xml, config_machines.xml, and config_batch.xml) and tell us the compiler version you are using on this machine.
Please attach any log files showing error messages or other useful information.


Describe your problem or question:

I think that, at some point during the cloning process, it wants to edit the env_workflow.xml file in the original case, but, since I don't have write access, it causes the clone to fail. Is it possible to clone without modifying that xml file?

 

[slevis]

I came across this unanswered post. Did you solve it? If so and you get a chance, please share so as to help others who may encounter the same problem.

 

[bmartinez]

I did not solve it. Instead, I used the information in the case’s README.case and CaseStatus files to create a new case and duplicated the relevant xmlchange commands from the original case (as suggested here: 6. Cloning a Case — CIME master documentation). However, I would still like to be able to use the ./create_clone command directly, so I hope this question might be answered eventually.