Compound Commands
Cylc provides compound commands which carry out more than one workflow action. For example Cylc provides a command to validate, install and play a workflow.
Compound commands make common ways of working easier.
Note
Use cylc command --help
to get help for each compound command,
including a full list of available options.
cylc vip
(Validate, Install and Play)
cylc vip /home/me/cylc-src/my-workflow
is the same as running:
$ cylc validate /home/me/cylc-src/my-workflow
$ cylc install /home/me/cylc-src/my-workflow
INSTALLED my-workflow/run1 from /home/me/cylc-src/my-workflow
$ cylc play my-workflow
cylc vr
(Validate, Reinstall and Reload or Play)
cylc vr my-workflow
is the same as running:
# Check that the changes you want to
# make will be valid after installation:
$ cylc validate my-workflow --against-source
$ cylc reinstall my-workflow
# If workflow is running:
$ cylc reload my-workflow
# If workflow is stopped:
$ cylc play my-workflow