RunLauncher

#!/bin/bash

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#Copyright (c) 2016, Andy Schroder
#See the file README.md for licensing information.
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if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
	echo "Usage: $0 RunFileBaseName" >&2
	exit 1
fi

#use sage if it's installed because it's probably installed for a reason as an alternative
#self contained python distribution because the operating system (such as open suse) python is not up to date or something
if [ -x "$(which sage)" ] ; then
	TheInterpretor='sage'
	export SAGE_PATH=$PWD
else
	#not using regular python because for some reason it is not allowing modules to be imported relative to the working
	#directory not in the regular search path, only those relative to the file's directory instead.
	TheInterpretor='ipython'
fi


#see if the requested script exists relative to the working directory
if [ ! -e "RunFiles/$1.py" ]; then
	echo "RunFiles/$1.py does not exist, aborting"
	exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d "outputs" ]; then
	echo "outputs does not exist. running this command from the right folder?"
	exit 1
fi

if [ -d "outputs/$1" ]; then
	echo "outputs/$1 already exists. delete it or rename it and try again."
	exit 1
fi

#make the output folder
mkdir "outputs/$1"

OutputFileName="outputs/$1/$1-output-$(date +"%F_%H-%M").txt"

#run and save standard output and standard error to the output folder
$TheInterpretor RunFiles/$1.py >> $OutputFileName 2>&1 &

echo "Run started and sent to the background"
echo "may want to run: less +F $OutputFileName"
echo "in order to monitor the progress"