Python API: samAdmin v8_1_5
samAdmin.autodestCreateLocation()

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This is the python interface to the command 'samadmin autodest create location'.
This command is deprecated (no longer actively maintained).
Use at your own risk.

Command Description:

This command will create a new pnfs directory with the specified attributes,
and will declare this location to the SAM database.

Items to Note:
1. You must run this command from the sam account.
2. You must run this command from a node which has mounted /pnfs space.
3. Permission string must be 9 characters long, as in rwxr-x--r.


Python Usage:
	from SamAdmin import samAdmin
	result = samAdmin.autodestCreateLocation(...)

Return value: 

Arguments are passed as keyword-value pairs, as in:
	 myfunc(arg1='myarg', arg2='anotherarg', d=1)

Argument Keyword Description:
	(*) indicates that this keyword is required
	>>> indicates that either the API object or the CLI equivalent (<<<) is required
====================================================================================================================================
    KEYWORD                    DATA TYPE            DESCRIPTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c                          SamBoolean           automatically close all servants after each method call
    connect                    string               oracle username/password for connecting to this database
    corbaCallTimeout           int                  time in seconds for CORBA method calls to return before timing out (default: 0; zero implies no timeout)
    d                          SamBoolean           debug mode
(*) fileFamily                 string               new fileFamily value to be assigned to this directory
(*) fileFamilyWidth            long                 new fileFamilyWidth to be assigned to this directory
(*) fileFamilyWrapper          string               new fileFamilyWrapper to be assigned to this directory
(*) library                    string               new library to be assigned to this directory
(*) path                       string               pnfs directory path to be created
(*) permissions                string               new permission settings for this directory
    retryInterval              int                  retry interval base in seconds; will multiply this base times retryCount (default: 5)
    retryJitter                int                  retry jitter, random jitter added to base retry interval times retryCount (default: 5)
    retryMaxCount              int                  number of times to retry CORBA calls for retriable exceptions (default: 25; zero implies no retries)
    s                          SamBoolean           retrySilently mode (do not issue messages to stderr on proxy retries)
    t                          SamBoolean           time-it mode (print additional info on timings)
    v                          SamBoolean           verbose mode
====================================================================================================================================

Environment Defaults:
	c = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_AUTO_CLOSE_SERVANTS']
	connect = os.environ['SAM_ORACLE_CONNECT']
	corbaCallTimeout = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_CORBA_CALL_TIMEOUT']
	retryInterval = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_INTERVAL']
	retryJitter = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_JITTER']
	retryMaxCount = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_MAX_COUNT']
	s = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_SILENTLY']



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