mis-match between rpointer filename and what the model is expecting

[islasimpson]

What happened?

I'm using cam6_4_097 and I'm doing a branch run and using the following to grab the restart from a previous case but it's crashing because it looks for rpointer.cice instead of rpointer.cice.2004-01-01-00000.

./xmlchange RUN_TYPE="branch"
./xmlchange RUN_REFCASE="f.e30_cam6_4_097.FHISTC_MTso.ne30pg3_ne30pg3_mg17.NUDGED_UVT_dp0.15_scaling0.32.002"
./xmlchange RUN_REFDIR="/glade/derecho/scratch/islas/archive/f.e30_cam6_4_097.FHISTC_MTso.ne30pg3_ne30pg3_mg17.NUDGED_UVT_dp0.15_scaling0.32.002/rest/2004-01-01-00000/"
./xmlchange RUN_REFDATE="2004-01-01"
./xmlchange GET_REFCASE="TRUE"

I have fixed the problem with help from @cecilehannay by setting the pointer_file in user_nl_cice. But it seems like this could frequently trip people up. Is this expected behavior or a bug?

What are the steps to reproduce the bug?

In cam6_4_097

./create_newcase --compset FHISTC_MTso --res ne30pg3_ne30pg3_mg17 --case $CASEDIR --run-unsupported --project $PROJECT
cd $CASEDIR
./xmlchange RUN_STARTDATE="2004-01-01"
./xmlchange STOP_OPTION=nyears
./xmlchange STOP_N=2
./xmlchange RESUBMIT=0
./xmlchange RUN_TYPE="branch"
./xmlchange RUN_REFCASE="f.e30_cam6_4_097.FHISTC_MTso.ne30pg3_ne30pg3_mg17.NUDGED_UVT_dp0.15_scaling0.32.002"
./xmlchange RUN_REFDIR="/glade/derecho/scratch/islas/archive/f.e30_cam6_4_097.FHISTC_MTso.ne30pg3_ne30pg3_mg17.NUDGED_UVT_dp0.15_scaling0.32.002/rest/2004-01-01-00000/"
./xmlchange RUN_REFDATE="2004-01-01"
./xmlchange GET_REFCASE="TRUE"

What CAM tag were you using?

cam6_4_097

What machine were you running CAM on?

CISL machine (e.g. cheyenne)

What compiler were you using?

Intel

Path to a case directory, if applicable

No response

Will you be addressing this bug yourself?

No

Extra info

No response