Warning messages after running simulation in last version

[liliana-calderon]

Hi Tom,

I had to reinstall rsocsim and just got the latest (1.8) version.
However, something has changed with the naming of the folder where the simulation_results are stored, after running.

Beforehand, it used to have the name of the supfile, and now that doesn't appear.
So, the folder is just named as "sim_results_" and the seed number, e.g. "sim_results_32806_"
I think that having the name of the sup file is important when running different simulations (e.g., for different countries or different settings, but the same seed)

This also leads to the following error message after running the simulation.

1] "Restore previous working dir: U:/SOCSIM/SOCSIM_Demokin"
NULL
Warning messages:
1: In file(logfilename, "r") :
cannot open file 'sim_results_Sweden_WPP.sup_32806_/logfile.log': No such file or directory
2: In value[3L] : Error while reading file
3: In value[3L] : sim_results_Sweden_WPP.sup_32806_/logfile.log
4: In value[3L] : Error during execution of simulation!
5: In file(logfilename, "r") : cannot open the connection

However, I checked the logfile, the .opop .omar and .pyr files and they are properly saved, but in sim_results_32806_/
So, this might give the impression that the simulation did not run, while it is a problem of the name of the folder where the simulation results are stored.
Otherwise, the read_opop and read_omar files will not work then because they require the supfile name.
If we put "", it will just get an additional _ in the name of the directory of the files. So, it also does not work.

Please, let me know if something is unclear.

[liliana-calderon]

Hi again, Tom.
I initially thought that it was only a problem of the name of the results folder, because I was able to see the output files when running a tiny simulation (500 individuals in presim.opop).
However, when I tried to run the real simulation (50000 individuals in presim.opop), the simulation simply did not run.
I think that now something else is happening.
Perhaps it is not writing in the logfile, because the directory is not created as expected given the missing name of the sup file in the sim_results folder (I explained above).
I am copying here the warning message, but we can have a look at it next week. \

[1] "Start running one simulation with a .sup file."
[1] "Base directory of the simulation: U:/SOCSIM/SOCSIM_Demokin"
[1] "RNG seed: 45461"
[1] "Using future::future to run simulation in a separate process."
[1] "Starting socsim simulation now. No output will be shown!"
[1] "Started the simulation."
[1] "Wait for simulation to finish. Log file: sim_results_Sweden_WPP.sup_45461_/logfile.log"
[1] "Restore previous working dir: U:/SOCSIM/SOCSIM_Demokin"
NULL
Warning messages:
1: In file(logfilename, "r") :
cannot open file 'sim_results_Sweden_WPP.sup_45461_/logfile.log': No such file or directory
2: In value[3L] : Error while reading file
3: In value[3L] : sim_results_Sweden_WPP.sup_45461_/logfile.log
4: In value[3L] : Error during execution of simulation!
5: In file(logfilename, "r") : cannot open the connection

Please let me know if something is not clear.

[tomthe]

Hi Liliana,

it seems I made an error with git and now if you install from sources, you install the experimental 1.8 version (which could be defective).

For a first fix, please de-install rsocsim and then install an older version from a binary package (try https://github.com/MPIDR/rsocsim/releases/download/v1.5.9/rsocsim_1.5.9.zip ).

I will have to find out what is wrong and release a new version that you get when you use either installation method.