The --run_program_once parameter

The parameter run_program_once 🐚 allows you to run a shell command or script once before your actual program starts.
Use it to:

• ⚙️ install dependencies
• 🌐 download datasets
• 🧹 prepare folders
• 🔧 configure environments

bash /absolute/path/to/install.sh

or

bash relative/path/to/install.sh

The path is relative to your current pwd when starting this job.

Example: install.sh

Here’s an example install.sh you might call with run_program_once :

#!/bin/bash
echo "Installing dependencies..."
python3 -mvenv virtual_env
source virtual_env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt


echo "Downloading dataset..."
wget https://example.com/dataset.zip
unzip dataset.zip -d ./data


echo "Done"

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