Purpose:
bbrCreateBuildArea allows Babar users to create temporary build space under afs.

Note:
If you have not signed the Objectivity license agreement you will not be able to run bbrCreateBuildArea.

Usage:
bbrCreateBuildArea  [-help]

bbrCreateBuildArea takes no arguments but the issuer must be in the AFS group g-babar:com-obj
(see Accessing SLAC Computers for access to Objectivity and g-babar:com-obj).
This is scratch space for BaBar users, intended for storing binaries needed by the user's batch jobs. bbrCreateBuildArea is recognized on tersk and flora machines but may not work on yakut and other machines. There is a separate, fairly large AFS volume for each active user, with the mount points grouped by the first initial of the user's userid (i.e., similarly to the NFS workspace for BaBar users). For example, user chee would have mount point /afs/slac/g/babar/build/c/chee

This AFS space is/has:

• not suitable for writing batch output.
• a per-file lifetime of 7 days, which may not be renewed.
• a quota of one build area per account.
• not backed up

Expired files will be automatically cleaned up after the 7-day period. Attempts to game the system by periodically touching all of the files may result in revocation of your system privileges. If you need longer-term storage, please contact unix-admin with a request, and they will attempt to meet your needs.

Example session:
[chee@tersk07 $] bbrCreateBuildArea
chee's Password: ***
Volume 537070691 created on partition /vicepg of afs03
/afs/slac/g/babar/build/c/chee has been created.

To remove build areas or report problems send email to unix-admin