CSG: MC requestID list tools

This tool is based on a small local python database developped to maintain the web pages:
CSG: MC web pages Therefore, it does share with them a common infrastructure and name convention (mostly based on sam convention).

Download, in the same directory, the following files:

• getRequestsList_v2: main script, newest version, much much more powerful than the 2 above see --help for the list of options
• getRequestsList: main script, only filter on request info
• getRequestsList_caf: same as above but additionnally require that caf trees have been produced
• Local database: the local database (updated once a day)
• Internal library 1: required
• Internal library 2: required

To use it, just type the following commands (no need to be at fnal):

• chmod +x ./getRequestsList_v2 (cause exe mod not preserved during download)
• chmod +x ./getRequestsList (cause exe mod not preserved during download)
• chmod +x ./getRequestsList_caf
• Be sure to use a recent version of python. At Fnal:
  setup python v2_4_5 works
• getRequestsList --help
• getRequestsList_caf --help (same help as previous script)

This will give you some help. Several options are available to filter on. For each "filtering" option, there is a corresponding "listing" option, that lists all the possible values for this option.

Some working examples

Simple examples. The following commands will help you to understand how to use this tool.

• ./getRequestsList alpgenpythia p17 --processes
  list of available processes
• ./getRequestsList alpgenpythia p17 -p gam-z+0lp --decays
  list of available decays for process gam-z+0lp
• ./getRequestsList alpgenpythia p17 -p gam-z+0lp -d mumu
  list of request ids matching the criteria
• ./getRequestsList alpgenpythia p20 -p t+t+1lp -d 2l+2nu+2b -g p20.09.03 -r p20.09.03 --InfoTop
  list of request ids matching more targeted criteria, add the top mass info in the listing
• ./getRequestsList_caf alpgenpythia p20 -p t+t+1lp -d 2l+2nu+2b -g p20.09.03 -r p20.09.03 --InfoTop
  same as above but only list requests which have caf-trees, the number of events is the number in caf-trees

More advanced usage. This script also supports regular expressions (see Regular Expressions for a tour of possible regular expressions) but the '+' character. Therefore, following commands are valid:

• ./getRequestsList alpgenpythia p17 -p "gam-z+.*lp"
  lists requests corresponding to processes gam-z+nlp, n=0, 1, 2, 3...
• ./getRequestsList alpgenpythia p17 -p gam-z+0lp -g "p17.09.0[678]"
  lists requests corresponding to process gam-z+0lp generated with either p17.09.06 or p17.09.07 or p17.09.08
• ./getRequestsList pythia p17 -p ".*w.*" -g "p17.09.0[678]"
  lists any process with a W and generated with either p17.09.06 or p17.09.07 or p17.09.08

Special productions such as single top (CompHep), single pion, electrons... won't appear in this listing since they are difficult to spot in sam. Basically, this is the case for all productions appearing in the unknown section of the CSG MC web pages.