Standard Professor script command-line options

The path structure expected by Professor is the same for all scripts, so we document that and the standard script options which define it, on this common page.

Professor will by default read from and write to a directory structure all contained within a single directory which we refer to as DATADIR. This directory contains a directory containing a list of MC sample point directories (each of which contains a used_params file and an out.aida file): this container directory is referred to as MCDIR: a new MCDIR can be populated with used_params files ready for MC sampling production using the prof-sampleparams script. A second directory in DATADIR, referred to as REFDIR, should contain a set of AIDA reference data files for all of the analyses being tuned to.

It is assumed by default that MC data points are in DATADIR/mc/, reference data are in DATADIR/ref/ and the parameterization files in DATADIR/ipol/. These assumptions can be overridden with --mcdir MCDIR, --refdir REFDIR and --ipoldir IPOLDIR.

Interpolation objects (with prof-interpolation) and tune/plot outputs will be written into a similar structure to DATADIR, specified via the --outdir OUTDIR option and defaulting to DATADIR itself. If interpolation objects have previously been generated elsewhere than in the datadir, this location can be specified with the --ipoldir IPOLDIR option.

Input

--datadir DATADIR

The directory containing the mc/, ref/ and ipol/ directories.

--refdir REFDIR

The directory containing the reference data. [default: DATADIR/ref/]

--mcdir MCDIR

The directory containing the parameterization data. [default: DATADIR/mc/]

--ipoldir IPOLDIR

The directory containing the parameterization data. [default: DATADIR/ipol/]

Output

--outdir OUTDIR, -o OUTDIR

Specify a DATADIR-like directory into which the ipolhistos and directory and its contents will be written. Defaults to DATADIR or if DATADIR is not given the current working directory.