def get_dump_path()

in src/utils.py [0:0]


def get_dump_path(params):
    """
    Create a directory to store the experiment.
    """
    params.dump_path = DUMP_PATH if params.dump_path == "" else params.dump_path
    assert len(params.exp_name) > 0

    # create the sweep path if it does not exist
    sweep_path = os.path.join(params.dump_path, params.exp_name)
    if not os.path.exists(sweep_path):
        subprocess.Popen("mkdir -p %s" % sweep_path, shell=True).wait()

    # create an ID for the job if it is not given in the parameters.
    # if we run on the cluster, the job ID is the one of Chronos.
    # otherwise, it is randomly generated
    if params.exp_id == "":
        chronos_job_id = os.environ.get("CHRONOS_JOB_ID")
        slurm_job_id = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_ID")
        assert chronos_job_id is None or slurm_job_id is None
        exp_id = chronos_job_id if chronos_job_id is not None else slurm_job_id
        if exp_id is None:
            chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
            while True:
                exp_id = "".join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(10))
                if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(sweep_path, exp_id)):
                    break
        else:
            assert exp_id.isdigit()
        params.exp_id = exp_id

    # create the dump folder / update parameters
    params.dump_path = os.path.join(sweep_path, params.exp_id)
    if not os.path.isdir(params.dump_path):
        subprocess.Popen("mkdir -p %s" % params.dump_path, shell=True).wait()