ok got a format and a conditional pytest.xfail approach i am OK with.…

… push to make sure this xfails in the pipeline appropriately

fre/cmor/cmor_helpers.py

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def get_var_filenames(indir, var_filenames = None, local_var = None):
         var_filenames = []
     filename_pattern = '.nc' if local_var is None else f'.{local_var}.nc'
     print(f'(get_var_filenames) filename_pattern = {filename_pattern}\n')
+    print(f'(get_var_filenames) indir = {indir}\n')
     var_filenames_all = glob.glob(f'{indir}/*{filename_pattern}')
     #print(f'(get_var_filenames) var_filenames_all = {var_filenames_all}')
     for var_file in var_filenames_all:

fre/cmor/tests/test_cmor_run_subtool.py

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 ROOTDIR = 'fre/tests/test_files'
 
 # setup- cmip/cmor variable table(s)
-CLONE_REPO_PATH = \
+CMIP6_TABLE_REPO_PATH = \
     f'{ROOTDIR}/cmip6-cmor-tables'
 TABLE_CONFIG = \
-    f'{CLONE_REPO_PATH}/Tables/CMIP6_Omon.json'
+    f'{CMIP6_TABLE_REPO_PATH}/Tables/CMIP6_Omon.json'
 
 def test_setup_cmor_cmip_table_repo():
     ''' setup routine, make sure the recursively cloned tables exist '''
-    assert all( [ Path(CLONE_REPO_PATH).exists(),
+    assert all( [ Path(CMIP6_TABLE_REPO_PATH).exists(),
                   Path(TABLE_CONFIG).exists()
                   ] )