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PBS `qsub`

PBS `qsub`

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When you are new to PBS, the place to start is the qsub command, which submits jobs to your HPC systems. The only jobs that the qsubaccepts are scripts, so you’ll need to package your tasks appropriately. Here is a simple example script (myjob.pbs):

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#!/bin/bash
#PBS -N demo // job name
#PBS -o demo.txt // output file
#PBS -e demo.txt // error output file
#PBS -q workq // queue name
#PBS -l mem=100mb // requested memory size
mpiexec -machinefile /etc/myhosts -np 4 /home/user/area

The first line specified the shell to use in interpreting the script, while the next few lines starting with #PBS are directives that are passed to PBS. The first names the job, the next two specify where output and error output go, the next to last identifies the queue that is used, and the last lists a resource that will be needed, in this case 100 MB of memory. The blank line signals ...