positional arguments:

cwl_document

path or URL to a CWL Workflow, CommandLineTool, or ExpressionTool. If the `inputs_object` has a `cwl:tool` field indicating the path or URL to the cwl_document, then the `cwl_document` argument is optional.

inputs_object

path or URL to a YAML or JSON formatted description of the required input values for the given `cwl_document`.

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--basedir BASEDIR

--outdir OUTDIR

Output directory. The default is the current directory.

--parallel

[experimental] Run jobs in parallel.

--preserve-environment ENVVAR

Preserve specific environment variable when running CommandLineTools without a software container. May be provided multiple times. The default is to preserve only the PATH.

--preserve-entire-environment

Preserve all environment variables when running CommandLineTools without a software container.

--rm-container

Delete Docker container used by jobs after they exit (default)

--leave-container

Do not delete Docker container used by jobs after they exit

--tmpdir-prefix TMPDIR_PREFIX

Path prefix for temporary directories. If --tmpdirprefix is not provided, then the prefix for temporary directories is influenced by the value of the TMPDIR, TEMP, or TMP environment variables. Taking those into consideration, the current default is /tmp/.

--tmp-outdir-prefix TMP_OUTDIR_PREFIX

Path prefix for intermediate output directories. Defaults to the value of --tmpdir-prefix.

--cachedir CACHEDIR

Directory to cache intermediate workflow outputs to avoid recomputing steps. Can be very helpful in the development and troubleshooting of CWL documents.

--rm-tmpdir

Delete intermediate temporary directories (default)

--leave-tmpdir

Do not delete intermediate temporary directories

--move-outputs

Move output files to the workflow output directory and delete intermediate output directories (default).

--leave-outputs

Leave output files in intermediate output directories.

--copy-outputs

Copy output files to the workflow output directory and don't delete intermediate output directories.

--enable-pull

Try to pull Docker images

--disable-pull

Do not try to pull Docker images

--rdf-serializer RDF_SERIALIZER

Output RDF serialization format used by --print-rdf (one of turtle (default), n3, nt, xml)

--eval-timeout EVAL_TIMEOUT

Time to wait for a Javascript expression to evaluate before giving an error, default 20s.

--print-rdf

Print corresponding RDF graph for workflow and exit

--print-dot

Print workflow visualization in graphviz format and exit

--print-pre

Print CWL document after preprocessing.

--print-deps

Print CWL document dependencies.

--print-input-deps

Print input object document dependencies.

--pack

Combine components into single document and print.

--version

Print version and exit

--validate

Validate CWL document only.

--print-supported-versions

Print supported CWL specs.

--print-subgraph

Print workflow subgraph that will execute. Can combined with --target.

--print-targets

Print targets (output parameters)

--strict

Strict validation (unrecognized or out of place fields are error)

--non-strict

Lenient validation (ignore unrecognized fields)

--skip-schemas

Skip loading of schemas

--no-doc-cache

Disable disk cache for documents loaded over HTTP

--doc-cache

Enable disk cache for documents loaded over HTTP

--verbose

Default logging

--quiet

Only print warnings and errors.

--debug

Print even more logging

--strict-memory-limit

When running with software containers and the Docker engine, pass either the calculated memory allocation from ResourceRequirements or the default of 1 gigabyte to Docker's --memory option.

--timestamps

Add timestamps to the errors, warnings, and notifications.

--js-console

Enable javascript console output

--disable-js-validation

Disable javascript validation.

--js-hint-options-file JS_HINT_OPTIONS_FILE

File of options to pass to jshint. This includes the added option "includewarnings".

--user-space-docker-cmd CMD

(Linux/OS X only) Specify the path to udocker. Implies --udocker

--udocker

(Linux/OS X only) Use the udocker runtime for running containers (equivalent to --user-space-dockercmd=udocker).

--singularity

[experimental] Use Singularity runtime for running containers. Requires Singularity v2.6.1+ and Linux with kernel version v3.18+ or with overlayfs support backported.

--no-container

Do not execute jobs in a Docker container, even when `DockerRequirement` is specified under `hints`.

--tool-help

Print command line help for tool

--relative-deps {primary,cwd}

When using --print-deps, print paths relative to primary file or current working directory.

--enable-dev

Enable loading and running unofficial development versions of the CWL standards.

--enable-ext

Enable loading and running 'cwltool:' extensions to the CWL standards.

--enable-color

Enable logging color (default enabled)

--disable-color

Disable colored logging (default false)

--default-container DEFAULT_CONTAINER

Specify a default software container to use for any CommandLineTool without a DockerRequirement.

--no-match-user

Disable passing the current uid to `docker run --user`

--custom-net CUSTOM_NET

Passed to `docker run` as the '--net' parameter when NetworkAccess is true, which is its default setting.

--enable-ga4gh-tool-registry

Enable tool resolution using GA4GH tool registry API

--disable-ga4gh-tool-registry

Disable tool resolution using GA4GH tool registry API

--add-ga4gh-tool-registry GA4GH_TOOL_REGISTRIES

Add a GA4GH tool registry endpoint to use for resolution, default ['https://dockstore.org/api']

--on-error {stop,continue}

Desired workflow behavior when a step fails. One of 'stop' (do not submit any more steps) or 'continue' (may submit other steps that are not downstream from the error). Default is 'stop'.

--compute-checksum

Compute checksum of contents while collecting outputs

--no-compute-checksum

Do not compute checksum of contents while collecting outputs

--relax-path-checks

Relax requirements on path names to permit spaces and hash characters.

--make-template

Generate a template input object

--force-docker-pull

Pull latest software container image even if it is locally present

--no-read-only

Do not set root directory in the container as readonly

--overrides OVERRIDES

Read process requirement overrides from file.

--target TARGET, -t TARGET

Only execute steps that contribute to listed targets (can be provided more than once).

--mpi-config-file MPI_CONFIG_FILE

Platform specific configuration for MPI (parallel launcher, its flag etc). See README section 'Running MPI-based tools' for details of the format.

Options for recording the Docker container identifier into a file.:

--cidfile-dir CIDFILE_DIR

Store the Docker container ID into a file in the specified directory.

--cidfile-prefix CIDFILE_PREFIX

Specify a prefix to the container ID filename. Final file name will be followed by a timestamp. The default is no prefix.