[Anchor] Add some more help messages (#1511)

* help messages
* set ALIEN_JDL_ADDTIMESERIESINMC to a value at the beginning

Author: benedikt-voelkel

MC/run/ANCHOR/anchorMC.sh

@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ print_help()
   echo "PRODSPLIT."
   echo
   echo "Optional are:"
-  echo "NWORKERS,"
-  echo "ALIEN_JDL_CPULIMIT or CPULIMIT,"
-  echo "ALIEN_JDL_SIMENGINE or SIMENGINE."
-  echo "DISABLE_QC (set this to disable QC, e.g. DISABLE_QC=1)"
+  echo "ALIEN_JDL_CPULIMIT or CPULIMIT, set the CPU limit of the workflow runner, default: 8,"
+  echo "NWORKERS, set the number of workers during detector transport, default: 8,"
+  echo "ALIEN_JDL_SIMENGINE or SIMENGINE, choose the transport engine, default: TGeant4,"
+  echo "ALIEN_JDL_WORKFLOWDETECTORS, set detectors to be taken into account, default: ITS,TPC,TOF,FV0,FT0,FDD,MID,MFT,MCH,TRD,EMC,PHS,CPV,HMP,CTP,"
+  echo "ALIEN_JDL_ANCHOR_SIM_OPTIONS, additional options that are passed to the workflow creation, default: -gen pythia8,"
+  echo "ALIEN_JDL_ADDTIMESERIESINMC, run TPC time series. Default: 1, switch off by setting to 0,"
+  echo "DISABLE_QC, set this to disable QC, e.g. to 1"
 }
 
 # Prevent the script from being soured to omit unexpected surprises when exit is used
@@ -93,6 +96,8 @@ export ALIEN_JDL_LPMPRODUCTIONTAG=${ALIEN_JDL_LPMPRODUCTIONTAG:-${PRODUCTIONTAG}
 export ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORRUN=${ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORRUN:-${ANCHORRUN}}
 export ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORPRODUCTION=${ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORPRODUCTION:-${ANCHORPRODUCTION}}
 export ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORYEAR=${ALIEN_JDL_LPMANCHORYEAR:-${ANCHORYEAR}}
+# decide whether to run TPC time series; on by default, switched off by setting to 0
+export ALIEN_JDL_ADDTIMESERIESINMC=${ALIEN_JDL_ADDTIMESERIESINMC:-1}
 
 # cache the production tag, will be set to a special anchor tag; reset later in fact
 ALIEN_JDL_LPMPRODUCTIONTAG_KEEP=$ALIEN_JDL_LPMPRODUCTIONTAG
@@ -236,6 +241,7 @@ ${O2DPG_ROOT}/MC/bin/o2_dpg_workflow_runner.py -f workflow.json -tt ${ALIEN_JDL_
 MCRC=$?  # <--- we'll report back this code
 
 if [[ "${ALIEN_JDL_ADDTIMESERIESINMC}" != "0" ]]; then
+  # Default value is 1 so this is run by default.
   echo "Running TPC time series"
   ${O2DPG_ROOT}/MC/bin/o2_dpg_workflow_runner.py -f workflow.json -tt tpctimes
 fi