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Remove obsolete run dir housekeeping docs.
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hjoliver authored Aug 28, 2019
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- *default*: True


enable run directory housekeeping
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The suite run directory tree is created anew with every suite start
(not restart) but output from the most recent previous runs can be
retained in a rolling archive. Set length to 0 to keep no backups.
**This is incompatible with current Rose suite housekeeping** (see
:ref:`SuiteStorageEtc` for more on Rose) so it is disabled by
default, in which case new suite run files will overwrite existing ones
in the same run directory tree. Rarely, this can result in incorrect
polling results due to the presence of old task status files.

- *type*: boolean
- *default*: False


run directory rolling archive length
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The number of old run directory trees to retain if run directory
housekeeping is enabled.
The number of old run directory trees to retain at start-up.

- *type*: integer
- *default*: 2
- *default*: all


task host select command timeout
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