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Correcting log when storing run metadata.
[u/mrichter/AliRoot.git] / SHUTTLE / AliShuttle.cxx
index 15f51547f82eccc7425bd8a4eaa059389fca8149..a7f736ce6dfe3d075495358cb7ec41ef93c2ce24 100644 (file)
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <TFile.h>
 #include <TGrid.h>
 #include <TGridResult.h>
+#include <TMap.h>
 
 #include <TMonaLisaWriter.h>
 
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::StoreOCDB()
        //
        
        UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::kStoreStarted);
-                               
+                       
        if (fTestMode & kErrorGrid)
        {
                Log("SHUTTLE", "StoreOCDB - In TESTMODE - Simulating error while storing in the Grid");
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::StoreOCDB()
        Bool_t resultMetadata = kTRUE;
        if(fCurrentDetector == "GRP") 
        {
-               Log("StoreOCDB - SHUTTLE","Storing Run Metadata file ...");
+               Log("SHUTTLE","StoreOCDB - Storing Run Metadata file ...");
                resultMetadata = CopyFilesToGrid("metadata");
        }
        
@@ -374,6 +375,8 @@ Int_t AliShuttle::StoreOCDB(const TString& gridURI)
                AliCDBId aLocId = aLocEntry->GetId();
                aLocEntry->SetVersion(-1);
                aLocEntry->SetSubVersion(-1);
+                                               
+               Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(), Form("Attempting to store %s", aLocId.ToString().Data()));
 
                // If local object is valid up to infinity we store it only if it is
                // the first unprocessed run!
@@ -394,47 +397,51 @@ Int_t AliShuttle::StoreOCDB(const TString& gridURI)
                Bool_t store = kTRUE;
                TIter gridIter(gridIds);
                AliCDBId* aGridId = 0;
-               while((aGridId = dynamic_cast<AliCDBId*> (gridIter.Next()))){
-                       if(aGridId->GetPath() != aLocId.GetPath()) continue;
+               while ((aGridId = dynamic_cast<AliCDBId*> (gridIter.Next()))) {
+                       if (aGridId->GetPath() != aLocId.GetPath()) 
+                               continue;
                        // skip all objects valid up to infinity
-                       if(aGridId->GetLastRun() == AliCDBRunRange::Infinity()) continue;
+                       if (aGridId->GetLastRun() == AliCDBRunRange::Infinity()) 
+                               continue;
+                       
                        // if we get here, it means there's already some more recent object stored on Grid!
+                       Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(),
+                               Form("StoreOCDB - A more recent object already exists in %s storage: <%s>",
+                               type, aGridId->ToString().Data()));
+                       
                        store = kFALSE;
                        break;
                }
 
-               // If we get here, the file can be stored!
-               Bool_t storeOk = gridSto->Put(aLocEntry);
-               if(!store || storeOk){
-
-                       if (!store)
-                       {
-                               Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(),
-                                       Form("StoreOCDB - A more recent object already exists in %s storage: <%s>",
-                                               type, aGridId->ToString().Data()));
-                       } else {
+               Bool_t storeOk = kFALSE;
+               if (store)
+               {
+                       Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(), Form("Prechecks succeeded. Ready to store %s", aLocId.ToString().Data()));
+                       storeOk = gridSto->Put(aLocEntry);
+                       if (storeOk) {
                                Log("SHUTTLE",
-                                       Form("StoreOCDB - Object <%s> successfully put into %s storage",
-                                               aLocId.ToString().Data(), type));
+                               Form("StoreOCDB - Object <%s> successfully put into %s storage",
+                                       aLocId.ToString().Data(), type));
                                Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(),
                                        Form("StoreOCDB - Object <%s> successfully put into %s storage",
-                                               aLocId.ToString().Data(), type));
+                                       aLocId.ToString().Data(), type));
+                       } else  {
+                               Log("SHUTTLE",
+                                       Form("StoreOCDB - Grid %s storage of object <%s> failed",
+                                       type, aLocId.ToString().Data()));
+                               Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(),
+                                       Form("StoreOCDB - Grid %s storage of object <%s> failed",
+                                       type, aLocId.ToString().Data()));
+                               result = kFALSE;
                        }
-
-                       // removing local filename...
+               }
+               
+               if (!store || storeOk) {
+                       // removing local file...
                        TString filename;
                        localSto->IdToFilename(aLocId, filename);
                        Log("SHUTTLE", Form("StoreOCDB - Removing local file %s", filename.Data()));
                        RemoveFile(filename.Data());
-                       continue;
-               } else  {
-                       Log("SHUTTLE",
-                               Form("StoreOCDB - Grid %s storage of object <%s> failed",
-                                       type, aLocId.ToString().Data()));
-                       Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(),
-                               Form("StoreOCDB - Grid %s storage of object <%s> failed",
-                                       type, aLocId.ToString().Data()));
-                       result = kFALSE;
                }
        }
        localEntries->Clear();
@@ -615,8 +622,8 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::StoreRunMetadataFile(const char* localFile, const char* gridF
                                lhcPeriod.Data()));
        }
                
-       TString target = Form("%s/GRP/RunMetadata/alice/data/%d/%s/%09d/raw/%s", 
-                               localBaseFolder.Data(), GetCurrentYear(), 
+       TString target = Form("%s/GRP/RunMetadata%s%d/%s/%09d/raw/%s", 
+                               localBaseFolder.Data(), fConfig->GetAlienPath(), GetCurrentYear(), 
                                lhcPeriod.Data(), GetCurrentRun(), gridFileName);
                                        
        return CopyFileLocally(localFile, target);
@@ -735,10 +742,10 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::CopyFilesToGrid(const char* type)
                        lhcPeriod.Append(Form("_%s", partition.Data()));
                }
                
-               dir = Form("%s/GRP/RunMetadata/alice/data/%d/%s/%09d/raw", 
-                               localBaseFolder.Data(), GetCurrentYear(), 
+               dir = Form("%s/GRP/RunMetadata%s%d/%s/%09d/raw", 
+                               localBaseFolder.Data(), fConfig->GetAlienPath(), GetCurrentYear(), 
                                lhcPeriod.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
-               alienDir = dir(dir.Index("/alice/data/"), dir.Length());
+               alienDir = dir(dir.Index(fConfig->GetAlienPath()), dir.Length());
                
                begin = "";
        }
@@ -939,8 +946,9 @@ AliShuttleStatus* AliShuttle::ReadShuttleStatus()
                fStatusEntry = 0;
        }
 
+       Int_t path1 = GetCurrentRun()/10000;
        fStatusEntry = AliCDBManager::Instance()->GetStorage(GetLocalCDB())
-               ->Get(Form("/SHUTTLE/STATUS/%s", fCurrentDetector.Data()), GetCurrentRun());
+               ->Get(Form("/SHUTTLE/%s/%d", fCurrentDetector.Data(), path1), GetCurrentRun());
 
        if (!fStatusEntry) return 0;
        fStatusEntry->SetOwner(1);
@@ -967,8 +975,10 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::WriteShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus* status)
        }
 
        Int_t run = GetCurrentRun();
+       Int_t path1 = run/10000;
+       TString path1_string = Form("%d",path1);
 
-       AliCDBId id(AliCDBPath("SHUTTLE", "STATUS", fCurrentDetector), run, run);
+       AliCDBId id(AliCDBPath("SHUTTLE", fCurrentDetector, path1_string), run, run);
 
        fStatusEntry = new AliCDBEntry(status, id, new AliCDBMetaData);
        fStatusEntry->SetOwner(1);
@@ -981,7 +991,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::WriteShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus* status)
                return kFALSE;
        }
        
-       SendMLInfo();
+       SendMLDetInfo();
 
        return kTRUE;
 }
@@ -1017,11 +1027,11 @@ void AliShuttle::UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::Status newStatus, Bool_t
 
        AliCDBManager::Instance()->GetStorage(fgkLocalCDB)->Put(fStatusEntry);
 
-       SendMLInfo();
+       SendMLDetInfo();
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
-void AliShuttle::SendMLInfo()
+void AliShuttle::SendMLDetInfo()
 {
        //
        // sends ML information about the current status of the current detector being processed
@@ -1030,7 +1040,7 @@ void AliShuttle::SendMLInfo()
        AliShuttleStatus* status = dynamic_cast<AliShuttleStatus*> (fStatusEntry->GetObject());
        
        if (!status){
-               Log("SHUTTLE", "SendMLInfo - UNEXPECTED: status could not be read from current CDB entry");
+               Log("SHUTTLE", "SendMLDetInfo - UNEXPECTED: status could not be read from current CDB entry");
                return;
        }
        
@@ -1108,15 +1118,22 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ContinueProcessing()
                return WriteShuttleStatus(status);
        }
 
-       // The following two cases shouldn't happen if Shuttle Logbook was correctly updated.
+       // The following case shouldn't happen if Shuttle Logbook was correctly updated.
        // If it happens it may mean Logbook updating failed... let's do it now!
        if (status->GetStatus() == AliShuttleStatus::kDone ||
-           status->GetStatus() == AliShuttleStatus::kFailed){
+           status->GetStatus() == AliShuttleStatus::kFailed ||
+           status->GetStatus() == AliShuttleStatus::kSkipped) {
                Log("SHUTTLE", Form("ContinueProcessing - %s is already %s. Updating Shuttle Logbook",
                                        fCurrentDetector.Data(),
                                        status->GetStatusName(status->GetStatus())));
-               UpdateShuttleLogbook(fCurrentDetector.Data(),
-                                       status->GetStatusName(status->GetStatus()));
+               
+               if (status->GetStatus() == AliShuttleStatus::kSkipped)
+               {
+                       UpdateShuttleLogbook(fCurrentDetector.Data(), "DONE");
+               }
+               else
+                       UpdateShuttleLogbook(fCurrentDetector.Data(), status->GetStatusName(status->GetStatus()));
+                       
                return kFALSE;
        }
 
@@ -1172,6 +1189,68 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ContinueProcessing()
        return cont;
 }
 
+//______________________________________________________________________________________________
+void AliShuttle::SendMLRunInfo(const char* status)
+{
+       // 
+       // Send information about this run to ML
+       
+       TMonaLisaText  mlStatus("SHUTTLE_status", status);
+       TString runType(fLogbookEntry->GetRunType());
+       if (strlen(fLogbookEntry->GetRunParameter("log")) > 0){
+
+               runType += "(";
+               runType += fLogbookEntry->GetRunParameter("log");
+               runType += ")";
+       }
+       TMonaLisaText  mlRunType("SHUTTLE_runtype", runType);
+
+       TList mlList;
+       mlList.Add(&mlStatus);
+       mlList.Add(&mlRunType);
+
+       TString mlID;
+       mlID.Form("%d", GetCurrentRun());
+       fMonaLisa->SendParameters(&mlList, mlID);       
+}
+
+//______________________________________________________________________________________________
+Int_t AliShuttle::GetMem(Int_t pid)
+{
+       // invokes ps to get the memory consumption of the process <pid>
+       // returns -1 in case of error
+       
+       TString checkStr;
+       checkStr.Form("ps -o vsize --pid %d | tail -n 1", pid);
+       FILE* pipe = gSystem->OpenPipe(checkStr, "r");
+       if (!pipe)
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Process - Error: "
+                       "Could not open pipe to %s", checkStr.Data()));
+               return -1;
+       }
+               
+       char buffer[100];
+       if (!fgets(buffer, 100, pipe))
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE", "Process - Error: ps did not return anything");
+               gSystem->ClosePipe(pipe);
+               return -1;
+       }
+       gSystem->ClosePipe(pipe);
+       
+       //Log("SHUTTLE", Form("ps returned %s", buffer));
+       
+       Int_t mem = 0;
+       if ((sscanf(buffer, "%d\n", &mem) != 1) || !mem)
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE", "Process - Error: Could not parse output of ps");
+               return -1;
+       }
+       
+       return mem;
+}
+
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
 Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
 {
@@ -1189,26 +1268,10 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
        Log("SHUTTLE", Form("\t\t\t^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* run %d: START ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*",
                                        GetCurrentRun()));
 
-       // Send the information to ML
        CountOpenRuns();
        
-       TMonaLisaText  mlStatus("SHUTTLE_status", "Processing");
-       TString runType(entry->GetRunType());
-       if (strlen(entry->GetRunParameter("log")) > 0){
-
-               runType += "(";
-               runType += entry->GetRunParameter("log");
-               runType += ")";
-       }
-       TMonaLisaText  mlRunType("SHUTTLE_runtype", runType);
-
-       TList mlList;
-       mlList.Add(&mlStatus);
-       mlList.Add(&mlRunType);
-
-       TString mlID;
-       mlID.Form("%d", GetCurrentRun());
-       fMonaLisa->SendParameters(&mlList, mlID);
+       // Send the information to ML
+       SendMLRunInfo("Processing");
 
        if (fLogbookEntry->IsDone())
        {
@@ -1264,13 +1327,12 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                return 0; 
        }       
        
-       if (fgkMainCDB.Length() == 0)
-               fgkMainCDB = Form("alien://folder=/alice/data/%d/%s/OCDB?user=alidaq?cacheFold=/tmp/OCDBCache", 
-                                       GetCurrentYear(), lhcPeriod.Data());
+       // build cdb paths (repeat each time, LHCperiod might have changed)
+       fgkMainCDB.Form("alien://folder=%s%d/%s/OCDB?user=alidaq?cacheFold=/tmp/OCDBCache", 
+                                       fConfig->GetAlienPath(), GetCurrentYear(), lhcPeriod.Data());
        
-       if (fgkMainRefStorage.Length() == 0)
-               fgkMainRefStorage = Form("alien://folder=/alice/data/%d/%s/Reference?user=alidaq?cacheFold=/tmp/OCDBCache", 
-                                       GetCurrentYear(), lhcPeriod.Data());
+       fgkMainRefStorage.Form("alien://folder=%s%d/%s/Reference?user=alidaq?cacheFold=/tmp/OCDBCache", 
+                                       fConfig->GetAlienPath(), GetCurrentYear(), lhcPeriod.Data());
        
        // Loop on detectors in the configuration
        TIter iter(fConfig->GetDetectors());
@@ -1299,6 +1361,9 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                                                GetCurrentRun(), aDetector->GetName()));
 
                for(Int_t iSys=0;iSys<3;iSys++) fFXSCalled[iSys]=kFALSE;
+               
+               Int_t initialMem = GetMem(getpid());
+               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Memory consumption before forking is %d", initialMem));
 
                Log(fCurrentDetector.Data(), "Process - Starting processing");
 
@@ -1323,16 +1388,42 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
 
                                if (expiredTime > fConfig->GetPPTimeOut())
                                {
-                                       TString tmp;
-                                       tmp.Form("Process - Process of %s time out. "
-                                                       "Run time: %d seconds. Killing...",
-                                                       fCurrentDetector.Data(), expiredTime);
-                                       Log("SHUTTLE", tmp);
-                                       Log(fCurrentDetector, tmp);
+                                        TString logMsg;
+                                       AliShuttleStatus *currentStatus = ReadShuttleStatus();
+                                       AliShuttleStatus::Status newStatus = AliShuttleStatus::kInvalid;
+                                       
+                                       if (currentStatus->GetStatus() <= AliShuttleStatus::kPPDone)
+                                       {
+                                               // in case pp not yet done set status to kPPTimeOut
+                                       
+                                               logMsg.Form("Process - Process of %s timed out. Run time: %d seconds. Killing...",
+                                                               fCurrentDetector.Data(), expiredTime);
+                                               newStatus = AliShuttleStatus::kPPTimeOut;
+                                       }
+                                       else if (currentStatus->GetStatus() == AliShuttleStatus::kStoreStarted)
+                                       {
+                                               // in case the pp goes in TimeOut while storing the objects in the OCDB
+                                               // set status to kStoreError
+                                               
+                                               logMsg.Form("Process - Process of %s timed out while storing the OCDB object. Run time: %d seconds. Killing... and setting status to StoreError.",
+                                                               fCurrentDetector.Data(), expiredTime);
+                                               newStatus = AliShuttleStatus::kStoreError;
+                                       }
+                                       else 
+                                       {
+                                               // in other cases don't change the status
+                                               
+                                               logMsg.Form("Process - Process of %s timed out in status = %s. Run time: %d seconds. Killing... without changing the status",
+                                                               fCurrentDetector.Data(), currentStatus->GetStatusName(), expiredTime);
+                                       }
+                               
+                                       Log("SHUTTLE", logMsg);
+                                       Log(fCurrentDetector, logMsg);
 
                                        kill(pid, 9);
 
-                                       UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::kPPTimeOut);
+                                       if (newStatus != AliShuttleStatus::kInvalid)
+                                               UpdateShuttleStatus(newStatus);
                                        hasError = kTRUE;
 
                                        gSystem->Sleep(1000);
@@ -1341,33 +1432,14 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                                {
                                        gSystem->Sleep(1000);
                                        
-                                       TString checkStr;
-                                       checkStr.Form("ps -o vsize --pid %d | tail -n 1", pid);
-                                       FILE* pipe = gSystem->OpenPipe(checkStr, "r");
-                                       if (!pipe)
-                                       {
-                                               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Process - Error: "
-                                                       "Could not open pipe to %s", checkStr.Data()));
+                                       Int_t mem = GetMem(pid);
+
+                                       if (mem < 0)
                                                continue;
-                                       }
                                                
-                                       char buffer[100];
-                                       if (!fgets(buffer, 100, pipe))
-                                       {
-                                               Log("SHUTTLE", "Process - Error: ps did not return anything");
-                                               gSystem->ClosePipe(pipe);
-                                               continue;
-                                       }
-                                       gSystem->ClosePipe(pipe);
-                                       
-                                       //Log("SHUTTLE", Form("ps returned %s", buffer));
-                                       
-                                       Int_t mem = 0;
-                                       if ((sscanf(buffer, "%d\n", &mem) != 1) || !mem)
-                                       {
-                                               Log("SHUTTLE", "Process - Error: Could not parse output of ps");
-                                               continue;
-                                       }
+                                       mem -= initialMem;
+                                       if (mem < 0)
+                                               mem = 0;
                                        
                                        if (expiredTime % 60 == 0)
                                        {
@@ -1411,8 +1483,8 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                }
                else if (pid == 0)
                {
-                       // client
-                       Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Process - In client process of %d - %s", GetCurrentRun(),
+                       // child
+                       Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Process - In child process of %d - %s", GetCurrentRun(),
                                aDetector->GetName()));
 
                        Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Process - Redirecting output to %s log",fCurrentDetector.Data()));
@@ -1430,8 +1502,9 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                        }
                        
                        TString wd = gSystem->WorkingDirectory();
-                       TString tmpDir = Form("%s/%s_%d_process", GetShuttleTempDir(), 
-                               fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
+                       Int_t dir_lev1 = GetCurrentRun()/10000;
+                       TString tmpDir = Form("%s/%d/%d/%s_process", GetShuttleTempDir(), 
+                               dir_lev1, GetCurrentRun(), fCurrentDetector.Data());
                        
                        Int_t result = gSystem->GetPathInfo(tmpDir.Data(), 0, (Long64_t*) 0, 0, 0);
                        if (!result) // temp dir already exists!
@@ -1453,11 +1526,11 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                                gSystem->Exit(1);                       
                        }
                        
-                       Bool_t success = ProcessCurrentDetector();
-                       
+                       Int_t success = ProcessCurrentDetector();
+
                        gSystem->ChangeDirectory(wd.Data());
                                                
-                       if (success) // Preprocessor finished successfully!
+                       if (success == 1) // Preprocessor finished successfully!
                        { 
                                // remove temporary folder or DCS map
                                if (!fConfig->KeepTempFolder())
@@ -1477,7 +1550,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                                if (StoreOCDB() == kFALSE)
                                        success = kFALSE;
                        } 
-                       else 
+                       else if (success == 0)
                        {
                                Log("SHUTTLE", 
                                        Form("\t\t\t****** run %d - %s: PP ERROR ******",
@@ -1534,10 +1607,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
                                        fFirstUnprocessed[iDet] = kFALSE;
                                }
                        }
-                       TMonaLisaText  mlStatusPending("SHUTTLE_status", "Pending");
-                       mlList.Clear();
-                       mlList.Add(&mlStatusPending);
-                       fMonaLisa->SendParameters(&mlList, mlID);
+                       SendMLRunInfo("Pending");
                }
        }
 
@@ -1547,7 +1617,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Process(AliShuttleLogbookEntry* entry)
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
-Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
+Int_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
 {
        //
         // Makes data retrieval just for a specific detector (fCurrentDetector).
@@ -1559,16 +1629,30 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
        TString wd = gSystem->WorkingDirectory();
        
        if (!CleanReferenceStorage(fCurrentDetector.Data()))
-               return kFALSE;
+               return 0;
        
        gSystem->ChangeDirectory(wd.Data());
        
-       TMap* dcsMap = new TMap();
-
        // call preprocessor
        AliPreprocessor* aPreprocessor =
                dynamic_cast<AliPreprocessor*> (fPreprocessorMap.GetValue(fCurrentDetector));
 
+       // check if the preprocessor wants to process this run type
+       if (aPreprocessor->ProcessRunType() == kFALSE)
+       {
+               UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::kSkipped);
+               UpdateShuttleLogbook(fCurrentDetector, "DONE");
+               if (!UpdateTableSkippedCase(fCurrentDetector.Data()))
+               {
+                       AliError(Form("Could not update FXS tables for run %d !", GetCurrentRun()));
+               }
+               Log(fCurrentDetector, Form("ProcessCurrentDetector - %s preprocessor is not interested in this run type", fCurrentDetector.Data()));
+       
+               return 2;
+       }
+       
+       TMap* dcsMap = new TMap();
+       
        aPreprocessor->Initialize(GetCurrentRun(), GetCurrentStartTime(), GetCurrentEndTime());
 
        Bool_t processDCS = aPreprocessor->ProcessDCS();
@@ -1588,7 +1672,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
                UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::kDCSStarted);
                UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::kDCSError);
                delete dcsMap;
-               return kFALSE;
+               return 0;
        } else {
 
                UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::kDCSStarted);
@@ -1609,9 +1693,10 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
                        
                        TMap* aliasMap = 0;
                        TMap* dpMap = 0;
-       
+
                        if (fConfig->GetDCSAliases(fCurrentDetector, iServ)->GetEntries() > 0)
                        {
+                               Log(fCurrentDetector, Form("Querying %d DCS aliases", fConfig->GetDCSAliases(fCurrentDetector, iServ)->GetEntries()));
                                aliasMap = GetValueSet(host, port, 
                                                fConfig->GetDCSAliases(fCurrentDetector, iServ), 
                                                kAlias, multiSplit);
@@ -1628,12 +1713,13 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
                                                                    "Could not send mail to DCS experts!"));
 
                                        delete dcsMap;
-                                       return kFALSE;
+                                       return 0;
                                }
                        }
                        
                        if (fConfig->GetDCSDataPoints(fCurrentDetector, iServ)->GetEntries() > 0)
                        {
+                               Log(fCurrentDetector, Form("Querying %d DCS data points", fConfig->GetDCSDataPoints(fCurrentDetector, iServ)->GetEntries()));
                                dpMap = GetValueSet(host, port, 
                                                fConfig->GetDCSDataPoints(fCurrentDetector, iServ), 
                                                kDP, multiSplit);
@@ -1651,7 +1737,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
                                        
                                        if (aliasMap) delete aliasMap;
                                        delete dcsMap;
-                                       return kFALSE;
+                                       return 0;
                                }                               
                        }
                        
@@ -1697,7 +1783,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
                SendMail(kFXSEMail, fFXSError);
                dcsMap->DeleteAll();
                delete dcsMap;
-               return kFALSE;
+               return 0;
        }
 
        if (returnValue > 0) // Preprocessor error!
@@ -1707,7 +1793,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
                UpdateShuttleStatus(AliShuttleStatus::kPPError);
                dcsMap->DeleteAll();
                delete dcsMap;
-               return kFALSE;
+               return 0;
        }
        
        // preprocessor ok!
@@ -1718,7 +1804,7 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::ProcessCurrentDetector()
        dcsMap->DeleteAll();
        delete dcsMap;
 
-       return kTRUE;
+       return 1;
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
@@ -1726,6 +1812,8 @@ void AliShuttle::CountOpenRuns()
 {
        // Query DAQ's Shuttle logbook and sends the number of open runs to ML
        
+       SendAlive();
+       
        // check connection, in case connect
        if (!Connect(3)) 
                return;
@@ -1878,119 +1966,63 @@ AliShuttleLogbookEntry* AliShuttle::QueryRunParameters(Int_t run)
        for (Int_t ii = 0; ii < aResult->GetFieldCount(); ii++)
                entry->SetRunParameter(aResult->GetFieldName(ii), aRow->GetField(ii));
 
+       delete aRow;
+       delete aResult;
+       
        UInt_t startTime = entry->GetStartTime();
        UInt_t endTime = entry->GetEndTime();
-
-//     if (!startTime || !endTime || startTime > endTime) 
-//     {
-//             Log("SHUTTLE",
-//                     Form("QueryRunParameters - Invalid parameters for Run %d: startTime = %d, endTime = %d. Skipping!",
-//                             run, startTime, endTime));              
-//             
-//             Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Marking SHUTTLE done for run %d", run));
-//             fLogbookEntry = entry;  
-//             if (!UpdateShuttleLogbook("shuttle_done"))
-//             {
-//                     AliError(Form("Could not update logbook for run %d !", run));
-//             }
-//             fLogbookEntry = 0;
-//                             
-//             delete entry;
-//             delete aRow;
-//             delete aResult;
-//             return 0;
-//     }
-
-       if (!startTime) 
+       Bool_t ecsSuccess = entry->GetECSSuccess();
+       
+       TString totEventsStr = entry->GetRunParameter("totalEvents");  
+       Int_t totEvents = totEventsStr.Atoi();
+       
+       UInt_t now = time(0);
+       // TODO make this a configuration parameter
+       Int_t dcsDelay = fConfig->GetDCSDelay()+fConfig->GetDCSQueryOffset();
+       
+       // runs are accepted if they have ecsSuccess set or more than 1 event
+       if (startTime != 0 && endTime != 0 && endTime > startTime && (totEvents > 1 || ecsSuccess) && (endTime < now - dcsDelay))
        {
-               Log("SHUTTLE",
-                       Form("QueryRunParameters - Invalid parameters for Run %d: " 
-                               "startTime = %d, endTime = %d. Skipping!",
-                                       run, startTime, endTime));              
-               
-               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Marking SHUTTLE done for run %d", run));
-               fLogbookEntry = entry;  
-               if (!UpdateShuttleLogbook("shuttle_ignored"))
-               {
-                       AliError(Form("Could not update logbook for run %d !", run));
-               }
-               fLogbookEntry = 0;
+               if (ecsSuccess == kFALSE)
+                       Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Processing run %d although in status ECS failure, Reason: %s", run, entry->GetRunParameter("eor_reason")));
+               return entry;
+       }
+
+       Bool_t skip = kFALSE;
                                
-               delete entry;
-               delete aRow;
-               delete aResult;
-               return 0;
+       if (endTime != 0 && endTime >= now - dcsDelay)
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Skipping run %d for now, because DCS buffer time is not yet expired", run));
        }
-       
-       if (startTime && !endTime) 
+       else if (totEvents <= 1) 
        {
-               // TODO Here we don't mark SHUTTLE done, because this may mean 
-               //the run is still ongoing!!            
-               Log("SHUTTLE",
-                       Form("QueryRunParameters - Invalid parameters for Run %d: "
-                            "startTime = %d, endTime = %d. Skipping (Shuttle won't be marked as DONE)!",
-                                       run, startTime, endTime));              
-               
-               //Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Marking SHUTTLE done for run %d", run));
-               //fLogbookEntry = entry;        
-               //if (!UpdateShuttleLogbook("shuttle_done"))
-               //{
-               //      AliError(Form("Could not update logbook for run %d !", run));
-               //}
-               //fLogbookEntry = 0;
-                               
-               delete entry;
-               delete aRow;
-               delete aResult;
-               return 0;
+               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("QueryRunParameters - Run %d has 1 event or less - Skipping!", run));
+               skip = kTRUE;
        }
-                       
-       if (startTime && endTime && (startTime > endTime)) 
+       else
        {
-               Log("SHUTTLE",
-                       Form("QueryRunParameters - Invalid parameters for Run %d: "
-                               "startTime = %d, endTime = %d. Skipping!",
-                                       run, startTime, endTime));              
-               
-               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Marking SHUTTLE done for run %d", run));
-               fLogbookEntry = entry;  
-               if (!UpdateShuttleLogbook("shuttle_ignored"))
-               {
-                       AliError(Form("Could not update logbook for run %d !", run));
-               }
-               fLogbookEntry = 0;
-                               
-               delete entry;
-               delete aRow;
-               delete aResult;
-               return 0;
+               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("QueryRunParameters - Invalid parameters for Run %d: "
+                       "startTime = %d, endTime = %d. Skipping (Shuttle won't be marked as DONE)!",
+                       run, startTime, endTime));
        }
-                       
-       TString totEventsStr = entry->GetRunParameter("totalEvents");  
-       Int_t totEvents = totEventsStr.Atoi();
-       if (totEvents < 1) 
+       
+       if (skip)
        {
-               Log("SHUTTLE",
-                       Form("QueryRunParameters - Run %d has 0 events - Skipping!", run));             
-               
-               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Marking SHUTTLE done for run %d", run));           
-               fLogbookEntry = entry;  
-               if (!UpdateShuttleLogbook("shuttle_ignored"))
+               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Marking SHUTTLE skipped for run %d", run));
+               fLogbookEntry = entry;
+               if (!UpdateShuttleLogbook("shuttle_skipped"))
                {
                        AliError(Form("Could not update logbook for run %d !", run));
                }
+               if (!UpdateTableSkippedCase("ALL"))
+               {
+                       AliError(Form("Could not update FXS tables for run %d !", run));
+               }
                fLogbookEntry = 0;
-                               
-               delete entry;
-               delete aRow;
-               delete aResult;
-               return 0;
        }
-
-       delete aRow;
-       delete aResult;
-
-       return entry;
+                       
+       delete entry;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
@@ -2008,13 +2040,17 @@ TMap* AliShuttle::GetValueSet(const char* host, Int_t port, const TSeqCollection
        TMap* result = 0;
        if (type == kAlias)
        {
-               result = client.GetAliasValues(entries, GetCurrentStartTime(), 
-                       GetCurrentEndTime());
+               //result = client.GetAliasValues(entries, GetCurrentStartTime()-offset, 
+               //      GetCurrentEndTime()+offset);
+               result = client.GetAliasValues(entries, GetStartTimeDCSQuery(), 
+                       GetEndTimeDCSQuery());
        } 
        else if (type == kDP)
        {
-               result = client.GetDPValues(entries, GetCurrentStartTime(), 
-                       GetCurrentEndTime());
+               //result = client.GetDPValues(entries, GetCurrentStartTime()-offset, 
+               //      GetCurrentEndTime()+offset);
+                       result = client.GetDPValues(entries, GetStartTimeDCSQuery(), 
+                       GetEndTimeDCSQuery());
        }
 
        if (result == 0)
@@ -2141,10 +2177,12 @@ const char* AliShuttle::GetFile(Int_t system, const char* detector,
                                filePath.Data(), fileSize.Data(), fileChecksum.Data()));
 
        // retrieved file is renamed to make it unique
-       TString localFileName = Form("%s/%s_%d_process/%s_%s_%d_%s_%s.shuttle",
-                                       GetShuttleTempDir(), detector, GetCurrentRun(),
+       Int_t dir_lev1 = GetCurrentRun()/10000;
+       TString localFileName = Form("%s/%d/%d/%s_process/%s_%s_%d_%s_%s.shuttle",
+                                    GetShuttleTempDir(), dir_lev1, GetCurrentRun(), detector,
                                        GetSystemName(system), detector, GetCurrentRun(), 
                                        id, sourceName.Data());
+       Log("SHUTTLE",Form("file from FXS = %s",localFileName.Data())); 
 
 
        // file retrieval from FXS
@@ -2579,6 +2617,59 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::UpdateTable()
        return result;
 }
 
+//_______________________________________________________________________________
+Bool_t AliShuttle::UpdateTableSkippedCase(const char* detector)
+{
+       //
+       // Update FXS table filling time_processed field in all rows corresponding to current run and detector
+       // if detector = "ALL" update all detectors
+       //
+
+       Bool_t result = kTRUE;
+
+       for (UInt_t system=0; system<3; system++)
+       {
+
+               // check connection, in case connect
+               if (!Connect(system))
+               {
+                       Log(fCurrentDetector, Form("UpdateTableSkippedCase - Couldn't connect to %s FXS database", GetSystemName(system)));
+                       result = kFALSE;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               TTimeStamp now; // now
+
+               // Loop on FXS list entries
+               TIter iter(&fFXSlist[system]);
+                       
+               TString whereClause;
+               if (detector == "ALL") whereClause = Form("where run=%d and time_processed IS NULL;",GetCurrentRun());
+               else whereClause = Form("where run=%d and detector=\"%s\" and time_processed IS NULL;",GetCurrentRun(), detector);
+
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form(" whereClause = %s ",whereClause.Data()));
+
+               TString sqlQuery = Form("update %s set time_processed=%d %s", fConfig->GetFXSdbTable(system),
+                                       now.GetSec(), whereClause.Data());
+
+               AliDebug(2, Form("SQL query: \n%s",sqlQuery.Data()));
+
+               // Query execution
+               TSQLResult* aResult;
+               aResult = dynamic_cast<TSQLResult*> (fServer[system]->Query(sqlQuery));
+               if (!aResult)
+               {
+                       Log("SHUTTLE", Form("UpdateTableSkippedCase - %s db: can't execute SQL query <%s>",
+                                                       GetSystemName(system), sqlQuery.Data()));
+                       result = kFALSE;
+                       continue;
+               }
+               delete aResult;
+               
+       }
+
+       return result;
+}
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
 Bool_t AliShuttle::UpdateTableFailCase()
 {
@@ -2644,23 +2735,24 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::UpdateShuttleLogbook(const char* detector, const char* status
 
        TString detName(detector);
        TString setClause;
-       if (detName == "shuttle_done" || detName == "shuttle_ignored")
+       if (detName == "shuttle_done" || detName == "shuttle_skipped")
        {
                setClause = "set shuttle_done=1";
-
+               
                if (detName == "shuttle_done")
                {
-                       // Send the information to ML
-                       TMonaLisaText  mlStatus("SHUTTLE_status", "Done");
-
-                       TList mlList;
-                       mlList.Add(&mlStatus);
-               
-                       TString mlID;
-                       mlID.Form("%d", GetCurrentRun());
-                       fMonaLisa->SendParameters(&mlList, mlID);
+                       if (TouchFile() != kTRUE)
+                       {
+                               SendMLRunInfo("Pending");
+                               return kFALSE;
+                       }
+                       
+                       SendMLRunInfo("Done");
                }
-       } else {
+               else 
+                       SendMLRunInfo("Skipped");
+       } 
+       else {
                TString statusStr(status);
                if(statusStr.Contains("done", TString::kIgnoreCase) ||
                   statusStr.Contains("failed", TString::kIgnoreCase)){
@@ -2721,6 +2813,15 @@ UInt_t AliShuttle::GetCurrentEndTime() const
 
        return fLogbookEntry ? fLogbookEntry->GetEndTime() : 0;
 }
+//______________________________________________________________________________________________
+UInt_t AliShuttle::GetCurrentTimeCreated() const
+{
+       //
+       // get current end time from logbook entry
+       //
+
+       return fLogbookEntry ? fLogbookEntry->GetTimeCreated() : 0;
+}
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
 UInt_t AliShuttle::GetCurrentYear() const
@@ -2756,11 +2857,12 @@ void AliShuttle::Log(const char* detector, const char* message)
        //
        // Fill log string with a message
        //
-
-       TString logRunDir = GetShuttleLogDir();
-       if (GetCurrentRun() >=0)
-               logRunDir += Form("/%d", GetCurrentRun());
        
+       TString logRunDir = GetShuttleLogDir();
+       if (GetCurrentRun() >=0) {
+               Int_t logDir_lev1 = GetCurrentRun()/10000;
+               logRunDir += Form("/%d/%d", logDir_lev1, GetCurrentRun());
+       }               
        void* dir = gSystem->OpenDirectory(logRunDir.Data());
        if (dir == NULL) {
                if (gSystem->mkdir(logRunDir.Data(), kTRUE)) {
@@ -2772,7 +2874,7 @@ void AliShuttle::Log(const char* detector, const char* message)
                gSystem->FreeDirectory(dir);
        }
 
-       TString toLog = Form("%s (%d): %s - ", TTimeStamp(time(0)).AsString("s"), getpid(), detector);
+       TString toLog = Form("%s UTC (%d): %s - ", TTimeStamp(time(0)).AsString("s"), getpid(), detector);
        if (GetCurrentRun() >= 0) 
                toLog += Form("run %d - ", GetCurrentRun());
        toLog += Form("%s", message);
@@ -2811,8 +2913,9 @@ TString AliShuttle::GetLogFileName(const char* detector) const
        
        if (GetCurrentRun() >= 0) 
        {
-               fileName.Form("%s/%d/%s_%d.log", GetShuttleLogDir(), GetCurrentRun(), 
-                       detector, GetCurrentRun());
+               Int_t logDir_lev1 = GetCurrentRun()/10000;
+               fileName.Form("%s/%d/%d/%s.log", GetShuttleLogDir(), logDir_lev1, GetCurrentRun(), 
+                       detector);
        } else {
                fileName.Form("%s/%s.log", GetShuttleLogDir(), detector);
        }
@@ -2854,7 +2957,6 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Collect(Int_t run)
        if (!fMonaLisa)
                fMonaLisa = new TMonaLisaWriter(fConfig->GetMonitorHost(), fConfig->GetMonitorTable());
                
-       SendAlive();
        CountOpenRuns();
 
        TString whereClause("where shuttle_done=0");
@@ -2885,9 +2987,9 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::Collect(Int_t run)
        {
                // query Shuttle logbook for earlier runs, check if some detectors are unprocessed,
                // flag them into fFirstUnprocessed array
-               TString whereClause(Form("where shuttle_done=0 and run < %d", run));
+               TString whereClauseBis(Form("where shuttle_done=0 and run < %d", run));
                TObjArray tmpLogbookEntries;
-               if (!QueryShuttleLogbook(whereClause, tmpLogbookEntries))
+               if (!QueryShuttleLogbook(whereClauseBis, tmpLogbookEntries))
                {
                        Log("SHUTTLE", "Collect - Can't retrieve entries from Shuttle logbook");
                        return kFALSE;
@@ -3055,6 +3157,10 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
                return kTRUE;
        }
 
+       Int_t runMode = (Int_t)fConfig->GetRunMode();
+       TString tmpStr;
+       if (runMode == 0) tmpStr = " Nightly Test:";
+       else tmpStr = " Data Taking:"; 
        void* dir = gSystem->OpenDirectory(GetShuttleLogDir());
        if (dir == NULL)
        {
@@ -3070,22 +3176,31 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
 
        // det experts in to
        TString to="";
-       TIter *iterExperts;
+       TIter *iterExperts = 0;
        if (target == kDCSEMail) {
                iterExperts = new TIter(fConfig->GetAdmins(AliShuttleConfig::kAmanda));
        }
        else if (target == kFXSEMail) {
                iterExperts = new TIter(fConfig->GetAdmins(system));
        }
-       else {
-               iterExperts = new TIter(fConfig->GetResponsibles(fCurrentDetector));
+       if (iterExperts) {
+               TObjString *anExpert=0;
+               while ((anExpert = (TObjString*) iterExperts->Next()))
+               {
+                       to += Form("%s,", anExpert->GetName());
+               }
+               delete iterExperts;
        }
+
+       // add subdetector experts      
+       iterExperts = new TIter(fConfig->GetResponsibles(fCurrentDetector));
        TObjString *anExpert=0;
        while ((anExpert = (TObjString*) iterExperts->Next()))
        {
                to += Form("%s,", anExpert->GetName());
        }
        delete iterExperts;
+       
        if (to.Length() > 0)
          to.Remove(to.Length()-1);
        AliDebug(2, Form("to: %s",to.Data()));
@@ -3126,8 +3241,8 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
        TString body;
 
        if (target == kDCSEMail){
-               subject = Form("Retrieval of data points for %s FAILED in run %d !",
-                               fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
+               subject = Form("%s CRITICAL Retrieval of data points for %s FAILED in run %d !",
+                               tmpStr.Data(), fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
                AliDebug(2, Form("subject: %s", subject.Data()));
                
                body = Form("Dear DCS experts, \n\n");
@@ -3135,8 +3250,8 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
                             "in run %d!!\n\n", fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
        }
        else if (target == kFXSEMail){
-               subject = Form("FXS communication for %s FAILED in run %d !",
-                               fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
+               subject = Form("%s CRITICAL FXS communication for %s FAILED in run %d !",
+                               tmpStr.Data(), fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
                AliDebug(2, Form("subject: %s", subject.Data()));
                TString sys;
                if (system == kDAQ) sys="DAQ";
@@ -3148,8 +3263,8 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
                             "in run %d!!\n\n", fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
        }
        else {
-               subject = Form("%s Shuttle preprocessor FAILED in run %d (run type = %s)!",
-                                      fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun(), GetRunType());
+               subject = Form("%s %s Shuttle preprocessor FAILED in run %d (run type = %s)!",
+                                      tmpStr.Data(), fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun(), GetRunType());
                AliDebug(2, Form("subject: %s", subject.Data()));
        
                body = Form("Dear %s expert(s), \n\n", fCurrentDetector.Data());
@@ -3162,9 +3277,9 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
                                fCurrentDetector.Data());
        if (fConfig->GetRunMode() == AliShuttleConfig::kTest)
        {
-               body += Form("\thttp://pcalimonitor.cern.ch:8889/shuttle.jsp?time=168 \n\n");
+               body += Form("\thttp://pcalimonitor.cern.ch/shuttle.jsp?time=24 \n\n");
        } else {
-               body += Form("\thttp://pcalimonitor.cern.ch/shuttle.jsp?instance=PROD&time=168 \n\n");
+               body += Form("\thttp://pcalimonitor.cern.ch/shuttle.jsp?instance=PROD&time=24 \n\n");
        }
        
        
@@ -3174,9 +3289,9 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
        
        
        body += Form("Find the %s log for the current run on \n\n"
-               "\thttp://pcalishuttle01.cern.ch:8880/%s/%d/%s_%d.log \n\n", 
-               fCurrentDetector.Data(), logFolder.Data(), GetCurrentRun(), 
-                               fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
+               "\thttp://pcalishuttle01.cern.ch:8880/%s/%d/%d/%s.log \n\n", 
+                    fCurrentDetector.Data(), logFolder.Data(), GetCurrentRun()/10000,  
+                               GetCurrentRun(), fCurrentDetector.Data());
        body += Form("The last 10 lines of %s log file are following:\n\n", fCurrentDetector.Data());
 
        AliDebug(2, Form("Body begin: %s", body.Data()));
@@ -3185,8 +3300,8 @@ Bool_t AliShuttle::SendMail(EMailTarget target, Int_t system)
        mailBody.close();
        mailBody.open(bodyFileName, ofstream::out | ofstream::app);
 
-       TString logFileName = Form("%s/%d/%s_%d.log", GetShuttleLogDir(), 
-               GetCurrentRun(), fCurrentDetector.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
+       TString logFileName = Form("%s/%d/%d/%s.log", GetShuttleLogDir(), 
+               GetCurrentRun()/10000, GetCurrentRun(), fCurrentDetector.Data());
        TString tailCommand = Form("tail -n 10 %s >> %s", logFileName.Data(), bodyFileName.Data());
        if (gSystem->Exec(tailCommand.Data()))
        {
@@ -3236,18 +3351,74 @@ const char* AliShuttle::GetRunType()
 Bool_t AliShuttle::GetHLTStatus()
 {
        // Return HLT status (ON=1 OFF=0)
-       // Converts the HLT status from the status string read in the run logbook (not just a bool)
+       // Converts the HLT status from the mode string read in the run logbook (not just a bool)
 
        if(!fLogbookEntry) {
                AliError("No logbook entry!");
                return 0;
        }
 
-       // TODO implement when HLTStatus is inserted in run logbook
-       //TString hltStatus = fLogbookEntry->GetRunParameter("HLTStatus");
-       //if(hltStatus == "OFF") {return kFALSE};
+       // TODO implement when HLTMode is inserted in run logbook
+       TString hltMode = fLogbookEntry->GetRunParameter("HLTmode");
+       TSubString firstChar = hltMode(0,1);
+       AliDebug(2,Form("First char = %s ",firstChar.Data())); 
+       if (firstChar == "A") {
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+       else if ((firstChar == "B") || (firstChar == "C") || (firstChar == "D") || (firstChar == "E")) {
+               return kTRUE;
+       }
+       else {
+               Log("SHUTTLE","Unexpected HLT mode! Returning 0....");
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+}
 
-       return kTRUE;
+//______________________________________________________________________________________________
+const char* AliShuttle::GetTriggerConfiguration()
+{
+       // Receives the trigger configuration from the DAQ logbook for the current run
+       
+       // check connection, if needed reconnect
+       if (!Connect(3)) 
+               return 0;
+
+       TString sqlQuery;
+       sqlQuery.Form("SELECT configFile FROM logbook_trigger_config WHERE run = %d", GetCurrentRun());
+       TSQLResult* result = fServer[3]->Query(sqlQuery);
+       if (!result)
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE", Form("ERROR: Can't execute query <%s>!", sqlQuery.Data()));
+               return 0;
+       }
+       
+       if (result->GetRowCount() == 0)
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE", "ERROR: Trigger configuration not found in logbook_trigger_config");
+               delete result;
+               return 0;
+       }
+       
+       TSQLRow* row = result->Next();
+       if (!row)
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE", "ERROR: Could not receive logbook_trigger_config data");
+               delete result;
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       // static, so that pointer remains valid when it is returned to the calling class       
+       static TString triggerConfig(row->GetField(0));
+       
+       delete row;
+       row = 0;
+       
+       delete result;
+       result = 0;
+       
+       Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Found trigger configuration: %s", triggerConfig.Data()));
+       
+       return triggerConfig;
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________________________
@@ -3269,3 +3440,109 @@ void AliShuttle::SetShuttleLogDir(const char* logDir)
 
        fgkShuttleLogDir = gSystem->ExpandPathName(logDir);
 }
+//______________________________________________________________________________________________
+Bool_t AliShuttle::TouchFile()
+{
+       //
+       // touching a file on the grid if run has been DONE
+       //
+       
+       if (!gGrid)
+       {
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("No TGrid connection estabilished!"));
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("Could not touch file for run %i",GetCurrentRun()));
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+
+       TString dir;
+       dir.Form("%s%d/%s/SHUTTLE_DONE", fConfig->GetAlienPath(), GetCurrentYear(), GetLHCPeriod());
+       // checking whether directory for touch command exists
+       TString commandLs;
+       commandLs.Form("ls %s",dir.Data());
+       TGridResult *resultLs = dynamic_cast<TGridResult*>(gGrid->Command(commandLs));
+       if (!resultLs){
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("No result for %s command, returning without touching",commandLs.Data()));
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+       TMap *mapLs = dynamic_cast<TMap*>(resultLs->At(0));
+       if (!mapLs){
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("No map for %s command, returning without touching",commandLs.Data()));
+               delete resultLs;
+               resultLs = 0x0;
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+       TObjString *valueLsPath = dynamic_cast<TObjString*>(mapLs->GetValue("path"));
+       if (!valueLsPath || (TString)(valueLsPath->GetString()).CompareTo(dir)!=1){ 
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("No directory %s found, creating it",dir.Data()));
+
+               // creating the directory
+
+               Bool_t boolMkdir = gGrid->Mkdir(dir.Data());
+               if (!boolMkdir) {
+                       Log("SHUTTLE",Form("Impossible to create dir %s in alien catalogue for run %i!",dir.Data(),GetCurrentRun()));
+                       delete resultLs;
+                       resultLs = 0x0;
+                       return kFALSE;
+               }
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("Directory %s successfully created in alien catalogue for run %i",dir.Data(),GetCurrentRun()));
+       }
+       else {
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("Directory %s correctly found for run %i",dir.Data(),GetCurrentRun()));
+       }
+
+       delete resultLs;
+       resultLs = 0x0;
+
+       TString command;
+       command.Form("touch %s/%i", dir.Data(), GetCurrentRun());
+       Log("SHUTTLE", Form("Creating entry in file catalog: %s", command.Data()));
+       TGridResult *resultTouch = dynamic_cast<TGridResult*>(gGrid->Command(command));
+       if (!resultTouch){
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("No result for touching command, returning without touching for run %i",GetCurrentRun()));
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+       TMap *mapTouch = dynamic_cast<TMap*>(resultTouch->At(0));
+       if (!mapTouch){
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("No map for touching command, returning without touching for run %i",GetCurrentRun()));
+               delete resultTouch;
+               resultTouch = 0x0; 
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+       TObjString *valueTouch = dynamic_cast<TObjString*>(mapTouch->GetValue("__result__"));
+       if (!valueTouch){
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("No value for \"__result__\" key set in the map for touching command, returning without touching for run %i",GetCurrentRun()));
+               delete resultTouch;
+               resultTouch = 0x0; 
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+       if (valueTouch->GetString()!="1"){
+               Log("SHUTTLE",Form("Failing the touching command, returning without touching for run %i",GetCurrentRun()));
+               delete resultTouch;
+               resultTouch = 0x0; 
+               return kFALSE;
+       }
+       delete resultTouch;
+       resultTouch = 0x0; 
+       Log("SHUTTLE", "Sucessfully touched the file");
+       return kTRUE;
+}
+//______________________________________________________________________________________________
+const UInt_t AliShuttle::GetStartTimeDCSQuery()
+{
+       // Return Start Time for the DCS query
+       //
+       // The call is delegated to AliShuttleInterface
+
+       return GetCurrentTimeCreated()-fConfig->GetDCSQueryOffset();
+}
+//______________________________________________________________________________________________
+const UInt_t AliShuttle::GetEndTimeDCSQuery()
+{
+       // Return End Time for the DCS query
+       //
+       // The call is delegated to AliShuttleInterface
+
+       return GetCurrentEndTime()+fConfig->GetDCSQueryOffset();
+}
+
+