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Batch Job Submission (cont'd)


This script can now be submitted from the command line. Recalling that at minimum the wall clock time required must be specified, use:

$ qsub –l h_rt=0:10:00 –cwd example.sh

This submits the job requesting 10 minutes of wall clock time, and to run in the current working directory (-cwd).

The scheduler will then return a job id number:

Your job 10254 (“example.sh”) has been submitted.

The execution status of the job can be checked with qstat , where under the “state” column;

  • “qw” means waiting in queue
  • “r” means job is running
  • “E” or “Eqw” means an error

Note: by default qstat will only list the current user’s jobs, to list all jobs in the queue use:

$ qstat –u “*”

Jobs can be deleted via qdel, e.g.:

$ qdel 10254