This file includes the main settings for the simulation and is called at the beginning of each script in the job chain.
| Environment Variable | Description |
| ITYPE_ARCH_SLK | = 0 no archiving to the tape archive |
| ARCH_SLK_SLKDIR | Base directory under which the data are stored in the tape archive. Data are stored under ${ARCH_SLK_SLKDIR}/${EXPID}/${YYYY_MM} |
| ARCH_SLK_ITYPE_CHECKFILESIZE | = 0 no check = 1 compare bytes of the files = 2 compare MD5 checksums of the files |
| ARCH_SLK_SLEEP | In case the archiving does not work or the MD5 checksum of the archive is not yet ready the jobs re-tries again after ARCH_SLK_SLEEP seconds |
| ARCH_SLK_RETRY_MAX | Maximum number of re-tries in case the archiving does not work or the MD5 checksum of the archive is not yet ready |
| ARCH_SLK_DELETE_ARCHFILES | = 0 tar files on disk will be kept = 1 tar files on disk will be deleted |