Created flag for .root Kinematics input file.

MC/bin/o2_dpg_workflow_runner.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 parser.add_argument('--cpu-limit', help='Set CPU limit (core count)', default=8, type=float)
 parser.add_argument('--cgroup', help='Execute pipeline under a given cgroup (e.g., 8coregrid) emulating resource constraints. This m\
 ust exist and the tasks file must be writable to with the current user.')
+parser.add_argument('--kine-input', help='Use pre-existent event generation.', default="", type=str)
 
 # run control, webhooks
 parser.add_argument('--stdout-on-failure', action='store_true', help='Print log files of failing tasks to stdout,')
@@ -880,6 +881,19 @@ def __init__(self, workflowfile, args, jmax=100):
               exit (0)
           print ('Workflow is empty. Nothing to do')
           exit (0)
+
+      # Gets the .root kinematic file path and passes it to the event simulation step
+      # the string appended to the filename is to take account of the current timeframe
+      # and to skip events accordingly
+      if args.kine_input:
+          kine_fn = args.kine_input
+          if os.path.isfile(kine_fn):
+              for stage in self.workflowspec['stages']:
+                  if "sgngen" in stage['name']:
+                    stage['cmd'] = stage['cmd'][:-1] + " --kine-input " + kine_fn + ':' + stage['name'][-1] + stage['cmd'][-1]
+          else:
+              print("Input kinematic file does not exist.")
+              exit(2)
 
       # construct the DAG, compute task weights
       workflow = build_dag_properties(self.workflowspec)