automate.py

import subprocess
from multiprocessing import Pool
import shlex

## Drive spheremodel automagically!

def do(string, desc=""):
    """ execute a string as a shell call """
    if len(desc) > 0: print(desc) 

    cmd = shlex.split(string)
    subprocess.call(cmd)

def call_with_args(l):
    i = l[0]
    j = l[1]
    do("python spheremodel_scipy.py --system-size {0} --radius {1}".format(i,j),
                desc="Starting at {0} and running for {1}".format(i,j))          

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = Pool(64)

    radius_low = 0.40
    radius_high = 0.61
    r_mult = 1000

    radii = [float(i)/r_mult for i in range(int(radius_low*r_mult), int(radius_high*r_mult + 1), 2)]
    Ns = [2,3,4]
    pairs = []

    for i in Ns:
        for j in radii:
            pairs.append([i,j])    

    p.map(call_with_args, pairs)