Interactive parts of code (dem download) fail on cluster (slurm batch job)

[joelfiddes]

Use case: start new job as a slurm batch job on a cluster without dem
What happens? fails as interactive statement "do you want to download..." can not be handled in a batch job

Solutions:

1. use keyword in config file
2. decide we do not support this usecase

[ArcticSnow]

Good point. What about if we add a flag in the YML file called interactive_shell: True?
Simon

[joelfiddes]

good idea - also may be other cases as we go on. What do we do if false? we would then need to specify through keywords. Could be a separate section thats dedicated to non interactive mode

[ArcticSnow]

We can simply have an if statement checking for that flag right before the ìnput()`command. But then if it does not find the files it automatically downloads. Sounds good?