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qsub(1B)			      PBS			      qsub(1B)

NAME
       qsub - submit pbs job

SYNOPSIS
       qsub  [-a  date_time]  [-A account_string] [-b secs] [-c	checkpoint_op-
       tions] [-C directive_prefix] [-d	path] [-D path]	[-e  path]  [-f]  [-h]
       [-I]  [-j  join]	 [-k  keep]  [-l  resource_list] [-m mail_options] [-M
       user_list]  [-N	name]  [-o  path]  [-p	 priority]   [-P   proxy_user-
       name[:group]]   [-q  destination]  [-r  c] [-S path_list] [-t array_re-
       quest] [-T prologue/epilogue  script_name]  [-u	user_list]  [-v	 vari-
       able_list]  [-V]	 [-w]  path  [-W additional_attributes]	[-x] [-X] [-z]
       [script]

DESCRIPTION
       To create a job is to submit an executable script to  a	batch  server.
       The  batch  server  will	 be the	default	server unless the -q option is
       specified.  See discussion of PBS_DEFAULT under	Environment  Variables
       below.	Typically, the script is a shell script	which will be executed
       by a command shell such as sh or	csh.

       Options on the qsub command allow the specification of attributes which
       affect the behavior of the job.

       The  qsub  command will pass certain environment	variables in the Vari-
       able_List attribute of the job.	These variables	will be	 available  to
       the  job.  The value for	the following variables	will be	taken from the
       environment of the qsub	command:  HOME,	 LANG,	LOGNAME,  PATH,	 MAIL,
       SHELL,  and  TZ.	  These	values will be assigned	to a new name which is
       the current name	prefixed with the string "PBS_O_".  For	 example,  the
       job  will have access to	an environment variable	named PBS_O_HOME which
       have the	value of the variable HOME in the qsub command environment.

       In addition to the above, the following environment variables  will  be
       available to the	batch job.

       PBS_O_HOST
	      the name of the host upon	which the qsub command is running.

       PBS_SERVER
	      the hostname of the pbs_server which qsub	submits	the job	to.

       PBS_O_QUEUE
	      the name of the original queue to	which the job was submitted.

       PBS_O_WORKDIR
	      the  absolute  path of the current working directory of the qsub
	      command.

       PBS_ARRAYID
	      each member of a job array is assigned a unique identifier  (see
	      -t)

       PBS_ENVIRONMENT
	      set  to  PBS_BATCH  to  indicate	the  job is a batch job, or to
	      PBS_INTERACTIVE to indicate the job is a	PBS  interactive  job,
	      see -I option.

       PBS_JOBID
	      the job identifier assigned to the job by	the batch system.

       PBS_JOBNAME
	      the job name supplied by the user.

       PBS_NODEFILE
	      the  name	 of the	file contain the list of nodes assigned	to the
	      job (for parallel	and cluster systems).

       PBS_QUEUE
	      the name of the queue from which the job is executed.

OPTIONS
       -a date_time
	       Declares	the time after which the job is	 eligible  for	execu-
	       tion.

	       The	date_time     argument	   is	  in	 the	 form:
	       [[[[CC]YY]MM]DD]hhmm[.SS]

	       Where CC	is the first two digits	of the year (the century),  YY
	       is  the second two digits of the	year, MM is the	two digits for
	       the month, DD is	the day	of the month, hh is the	 hour,	mm  is
	       the minute, and the optional SS is the seconds.

	       If the month, MM, is not	specified, it will default to the cur-
	       rent month if the specified day DD, is in the  future.	Other-
	       wise,  the  month  will be set to next month.  Likewise,	if the
	       day, DD,	is not specified, it will default to today if the time
	       hhmm  is	 in the	future.	 Otherwise, the	day will be set	to to-
	       morrow.	For example, if	you submit a job  at  11:15am  with  a
	       time of -a 1110,	the job	will be	eligible to run	at 11:10am to-
	       morrow.

       -A account_string
	       Defines the account string associated with the  job.   The  ac-
	       count_string is an undefined string of characters and is	inter-
	       preted by the server which executes the job.  See section 2.7.1
	       of the PBS ERS.

       -b seconds
	       Defines	the maximum number of seconds qsub will	block attempt-
	       ing to contact pbs_server.  If pbs_server is down, or for a va-
	       riety  of  communication	 failures, qsub	will continually retry
	       connecting to pbs_server	for job	submission.  This value	 over-
	       rides  the CLIENTRETRY parameter	in torque.cfg.	This is	a non-
	       portable	TORQUE extension.  Portability-minded  users  can  use
	       the  PBS_CLIENTRETRY  environmental variable.  A	negative value
	       is interpreted as infinity.  The	default	is 0.

       -c checkpoint_options
	       Defines the options that	will apply to the job.	If the job ex-
	       ecutes upon a host which	does not support checkpoint, these op-
	       tions will be ignored.

	       Valid checkpoint	options	are:

	       none
		  No checkpointing is to be performed.

	       enabled
		  Specify that checkpointing is	allowed	but must be explicitly
		  invoked by either the	qhold or qchkpt	commands.

	       shutdown
		  Specify that checkpointing is	to be done on a	job at pbs_mom
		  shutdown.

	       periodic
		  Specify that periodic	checkpointing is enabled. The  default
		  interval  is	10  minutes  and can be	changed	by the $check-
		  point_interval option	in the mom config file or by  specify-
		  ing an interval when the job is submitted

	       interval=minutes
		  Checkpointing	 is to be performed at an interval of minutes,
		  which	is the integer number of minutes of wall time used  by
		  the job.  This value must be greater than zero.

	       depth=number
		  Specify  a number (depth) of checkpoint images to be kept in
		  the checkpoint directory.

	       dir=path
		  Specify    a	  checkpoint	 directory     (default	    is
		  /var/spool/torque/checkpoint).

       -C directive_prefix
	       Defines	the  prefix that declares a directive to the qsub com-
	       mand within the script file.  See the paragraph on  script  di-
	       rectives	in the Extended	Description section.

	       If  the -C option is presented with a directive_prefix argument
	       that is the null	string,	qsub will not scan the script file for
	       directives.

       -d path Defines	the working directory path to be used for the job.  If
	       the -d option is	not specified, the default  working  directory
	       is  the home directory.	This option sets the environment vari-
	       able PBS_O_INITDIR.

       -D path Defines the root	directory to be	used for the job.  This	option
	       sets the	environment variable PBS_O_ROOTDIR.

       -e path Defines	the  path  to be used for the standard error stream of
	       the batch job.  The path	argument is of the form:
		   [hostname:][path_name]
	       where hostname is the name of a host to which the file will  be
	       returned	 and  path_name	 is  the path name on that host	in the
	       syntax recognized by POSIX.  The	argument will  be  interpreted
	       as follows:

	       path_name
		      Where  path_name	is not an absolute path	name, then the
		      qsub command will	expand the path	name relative  to  the
		      current  working	directory of the command.  The command
		      will supply the name of the host upon which it  is  exe-
		      cuting for the hostname component.

	       hostname:path_name
		      Where  path_name	is not an absolute path	name, then the
		      qsub command will	not expand the path name  relative  to
		      the current working directory of the command.  On	deliv-
		      ery of the standard error, the path  name	 will  be  ex-
		      panded  relative	to  the	 user's	 home directory	on the
		      hostname system.

	       path_name
		      Where path_name specifies	an absolute  path  name,  then
		      the qsub will supply the name of the host	on which it is
		      executing	for the	hostname

	       hostname:path_name
		      Where path_name specifies	an  absolute  path  name,  the
		      path will	be used	as specified.  hostname.

	       hostname:
		      Where  hostname  specifies the name of the host that the
		      file should be returned to. The path will	be the default
		      file name.

	       If the -e option	is not specified or the	path_name is not spec-
	       ified or	is specified and is a directory, the default file name
	       for  the	 standard error	stream will be used.  The default name
	       has the following form:
		   job_name.esequence_number
	       where job_name is the name of the job, see -N option,  and  se-
	       quence_number  is  the job number assigned when the job is sub-
	       mitted.

       -f      Specifies that the job is fault	tolerant.  The	fault_tolerant
	       attribute will be set to	true, which indicates that the job can
	       survive the loss	of a mom other than the	"mother	superior"  mom
	       (the first node in the exec hosts )

       -h      Specifies  that a user hold be applied to the job at submission
	       time.

       -I      Declares	that the job is	to be run  "interactively".   The  job
	       will be queued and scheduled as any PBS batch job, but when ex-
	       ecuted, the standard input, output, and error  streams  of  the
	       job are connected through qsub to the terminal session in which
	       qsub is running.	 Interactive jobs are forced to	not rerunable.
	       See  the	"Extended Description" paragraph for addition informa-
	       tion of interactive jobs.

       -j join Declares	if the standard	error stream of	the job	will be	merged
	       with the	standard output	stream of the job.

	       An  option  argument  value  of oe directs that the two streams
	       will be merged, intermixed, as standard output.	An option  ar-
	       gument value of eo directs that the two streams will be merged,
	       intermixed, as standard error.

	       If the join argument is n or the	option is not  specified,  the
	       two streams will	be two separate	files.

       -k keep Defines	which (if either) of standard output or	standard error
	       will be retained	on the execution host.	If set for  a  stream,
	       this  option  overrides	the path name for that stream.	If not
	       set, neither stream is retained on the execution	host.

	       The argument is either the single letter	"e"  or	 "o",  or  the
	       letters	"e" and	"o" combined in	either order.  Or the argument
	       is the letter "n".

	       e  The standard error stream is to retained  on	the  execution
		  host.	  The	stream will be placed in the home directory of
		  the user under whose user id the  job	 executed.   The  file
		  name	will  be the default file name given by: job_name.ese-
		  quence where job_name	is the name specified for the job, and
		  sequence is the sequence number component of the job identi-
		  fier.

	       o  The standard output stream is	to retained on	the  execution
		  host.	  The	stream will be placed in the home directory of
		  the user under whose user id the  job	 executed.   The  file
		  name	will  be the default file name given by: job_name.ose-
		  quence where job_name	is the name specified for the job, and
		  sequence is the sequence number component of the job identi-
		  fier.

	       eo Both the standard output and standard	error streams will  be
		  retained.

	       oe Both	the standard output and	standard error streams will be
		  retained.

	       n  Neither stream is retained.

       -l resource_list
	       Defines the resources that are required by the job  and	estab-
	       lishes  a limit to the amount of	resource that can be consumed.
	       If not set for a	generally  available  resource,	 such  as  CPU
	       time,  the limit	is infinite.  The resource_list	argument is of
	       the form:
		   resource_name[=[value]][,resource_name[=[value]],...]

       -m mail_options
	       Defines the set of conditions under which the execution	server
	       will send a mail	message	about the job.	The mail_options argu-
	       ment is a string	which consists of either the single  character
	       "n", or one or more of the characters "a", "b", and "e".

	       If the character	"n" is specified, no mail will be sent.

	       For the letters "a", "b", and "e":

	       a  mail is sent when the	job is aborted by the batch system.

	       b  mail is sent when the	job begins execution.

	       e  mail is sent when the	job terminates.

	       If the -m option	is not specified, mail will be sent if the job
	       is aborted.

       -M user_list
	       Declares	the list of users to whom mail is sent by  the	execu-
	       tion server when	it sends mail about the	job.

	       The user_list argument is of the	form:
		   user[@host][,user[@host],...]
	       If  unset, the list defaults to the submitting user at the qsub
	       host, i.e. the job owner.

       -N name Declares	a name for the job.  The name specified	may be	up  to
	       and  including  15  characters  in  length.  It must consist of
	       printable, non white space characters with the first  character
	       alphabetic.

	       If  the	-N  option  is not specified, the job name will	be the
	       base name of the	job script file	specified on the command line.
	       If  no  script  file name was specified and the script was read
	       from the	standard input,	then the  job  name  will  be  set  to
	       STDIN.

       -o path Defines	the  path to be	used for the standard output stream of
	       the batch job.  The path	argument is of the form:
		   [hostname:][path_name]
	       where hostname is the name of a host to which the file will  be
	       returned	 and  path_name	 is  the path name on that host	in the
	       syntax recognized by POSIX.  The	argument will  be  interpreted
	       as follows:

	       path_name
		      Where  path_name	is not an absolute path	name, then the
		      qsub command will	expand the path	name relative  to  the
		      current  working	directory of the command.  The command
		      will supply the name of the host upon which it  is  exe-
		      cuting for the hostname component.

	       hostname:path_name
		      Where  path_name	is not an absolute path	name, then the
		      qsub command will	not expand the path name  relative  to
		      the current working directory of the command.  On	deliv-
		      ery of the standard output, the path name	 will  be  ex-
		      panded  relative	to  the	 user's	 home directory	on the
		      hostname system.

	       path_name
		      Where path_name specifies	an absolute  path  name,  then
		      the qsub will supply the name of the host	on which it is
		      executing	for the	hostname

	       hostname:path_name
		      Where path_name specifies	an  absolute  path  name,  the
		      path will	be used	as specified.  hostname.

	       hostname:
		      Where  hostname  specifies the name of the host that the
		      file should be returned to. The path will	be the default
		      file name.

	       If the -o option	is not specified or the	path_name is not spec-
	       ified or	is specified and is a directory, the default file name
	       for  the	standard output	stream will be used.  The default name
	       has the following form:
		   job_name.osequence_number
	       where job_name is the name of the job, see -N option,  and  se-
	       quence_number  is  the job number assigned when the job is sub-
	       mitted.

       -p priority
	       Defines the priority of the job.	 The priority argument must be
	       a integer between -1024 and +1023 inclusive.  The default is no
	       priority	which is equivalent to a priority of zero.

       -P proxy_user[:group]
	       Proxy user for whom the job should be submitted.	  This	option
	       is only available for the super user.

       -q destination
	       Defines	the  destination  of the job.  The destination names a
	       queue, a	server,	or a queue at a	server.

	       The qsub	command	will submit the	script to the  server  defined
	       by  the	destination argument.  If the destination is a routing
	       queue, the job may be routed by the server to  a	 new  destina-
	       tion.

	       If the -q option	is not specified, the qsub command will	submit
	       the script to the default server.  See  PBS_DEFAULT  under  the
	       Environment  Variables section on this man page and the PBS ERS
	       section 2.7.4, "Default Server".

	       If the -q option	is specified, it is in one  of	the  following
	       three forms:
		   queue
		   @server
		   queue@server

	       If  the	destination argument names a queue and does not	name a
	       server, the job will be submitted to the	named queue at the de-
	       fault server.

	       If  the destination argument names a server and does not	name a
	       queue, the job will be submitted	to the default	queue  at  the
	       named server.

	       If  the	destination  argument names both a queue and a server,
	       the job will be submitted to  the  named	 queue	at  the	 named
	       server.

       -r y|n  Declares	whether	the job	is rerunable.  See the qrerun command.
	       The option argument is a	single character, either y or n.

	       If the argument is "y", the job is rerunable.  If the  argument
	       is  "n",	 the  job is not rerunable.  The default value is 'y',
	       rerunable.

       -S path_list
	       Declares	the shell that interprets the job script.

	       The option argument path_list is	in the form:
		   path[@host][,path[@host],...]
	       Only one	path may be specified for any host  named.   Only  one
	       path may	be specified without the corresponding host name.  The
	       path selected will be the one with the host name	 that  matched
	       the  name of the	execution host.	 If no matching	host is	found,
	       then the	path specified without a host  will  be	 selected,  if
	       present.

	       If  the	-S option is not specified, the	option argument	is the
	       null string, or no entry	from the path_list  is	selected,  the
	       execution  will	use  the  user's  login	shell on the execution
	       host.

       -t array_request
	       Specifies the task ids of a job array.  Single task arrays  are
	       allowed.

	       The array_request argument is an	integer	id or a	range of inte-
	       gers. Multiple ids or id	ranges can be combined in a comma  de-
	       limted list. Examples : -t 1-100	or -t 1,10,50-100

	       An  optional slot limit can be specified	to limit the amount of
	       jobs that can run concurrently in the job  array.  The  default
	       value is	unlimited. The slot limit must be the last thing spec-
	       ified in	the array_request and is delimited from	the array by a
	       percent sign (%).

	       qsub script.sh -t 0-299%5

	       This  sets the slot limit to 5. Only 5 jobs from	this array can
	       run at the same time.

	       Note: You can use qalter	to modify slot limits on an array. The
	       server  parameter  max_slot_limit  can  be used to set a	global
	       slot limit policy.

       -T script_name
	       Allows for per job prologue  and	 epilogue  scripts.  The  full
	       script name will	be prologue.[name] or epilogue.[name]. For the
	       job submission, only request the	name of	the prologue  or  epi-
	       logue script.

	       Example:	qsub -T	prescript
	       Specifies to use	the script prologue.prescript

       -u user_list
	       Defines the user	name under which the job is to run on the exe-
	       cution system.

	       The user_list argument is of the	form:
		   user[@host][,user[@host],...]
	       Only one	user name may be given per specified host.   Only  one
	       of  the	user specifications may	be supplied without the	corre-
	       sponding	host specification.  That user name will used for exe-
	       cution  on  any host not	named in the argument list.  If	unset,
	       the user	list defaults to the user who is running qsub.

       -v variable_list
	       Expands the list	of environment variables that are exported  to
	       the job.

	       In  addition  to	 the  variables	described in the "Description"
	       section above, variable_list names environment  variables  from
	       the  qsub  command  environment which are made available	to the
	       job when	it executes.  The variable_list	is a  comma  separated
	       list  of	strings	of the form variable or	variable=value.	 These
	       variables and their values are passed to	the job.

       -V      Declares	that all environment variables in the  qsub  command's
	       environment are to be exported to the batch job.

       -w path Defines	the working directory path to be used for the job.  If
	       the -w option is	not specified, the default  working  directory
	       is  the	current	 directory.   This option sets the environment
	       variable	PBS_O_WORKDIR.

       -W additional_attributes
	       The -W option allows for	the specification  of  additional  job
	       attributes.  The	general	syntax of the -W is in the form:
		   -W attr_name=attr_value[,attr_name=attr_value...]
	       Note  if	white space occurs anywhere within the option argument
	       string or the equal sign, "=", occurs within an attribute_value
	       string,	then the string	must be	enclosed with either single or
	       double quote marks.

	       PBS currently supports the following attributes within  the  -W
	       option.

	       depend=dependency_list
	       Defines the dependency between this and other jobs.  The	depen-
	       dency_list is in	the form:
	       type[:argument[:argument...][,type:argument...].
	       The argument is either a	numeric	count or a PBS job id  accord-
	       ing  to type .  If argument is a	count, it must be greater than
	       0.  If it is a job id and  not  fully  specified	 in  the  form
	       seq_number.server.name,	it  will  be expanded according	to the
	       default server rules which apply	to job IDs on  most  commands.
	       If  argument  is	 null  (the preceding colon need not be	speci-
	       fied), the dependency of	the corresponding type is cleared (un-
	       set).

		   synccount:count
		       This  job  is the first in a set	of jobs	to be executed
		       at the same time.  Count	is the	number	of  additional
		       jobs in the set.

		   syncwith:jobid
		       This job	is an additional member	of a set of jobs to be
		       executed	at the same time.  In the above	and  following
		       dependency  types,  jobid  is the job identifier	of the
		       first job in the	set.

		   after:jobid[:jobid...]
		       This job	may be scheduled for execution	at  any	 point
		       after jobs jobid	have started execution.

		   afterok:jobid[:jobid...]
		       This job	may be scheduled for execution only after jobs
		       jobid have terminated with  no  errors.	 See  the  csh
		       warning under "Extended Description".

		   afternotok:jobid[:jobid...]
		       This job	may be scheduled for execution only after jobs
		       jobid have terminated with errors.  See the csh warning
		       under "Extended Description".

		   afterany:jobid[:jobid...]
		       This  job may be	scheduled for execution	after jobs jo-
		       bid have	terminated, with or without errors.

		   on:count
		       This job	may be scheduled for execution after count de-
		       pendencies  on  other  jobs  have been satisfied.  This
		       form is used in conjunction  with  one  of  the	before
		       forms, see below.

		   before:jobid[:jobid...]
		       When  this  job has begun execution, then jobs jobid...
		       may begin.

		   beforeok:jobid[:jobid...]
		       If this job terminates execution	without	 errors,  then
		       jobs  jobid...  may  begin.   See the csh warning under
		       "Extended Description".

		   beforenotok:jobid[:jobid...]
		       If this job terminates execution	with errors, then jobs
		       jobid...	 may  begin.   See  the	csh warning under "Ex-
		       tended Description".

		   beforeany:jobid[:jobid...]
		       When this job terminates	execution, jobs	 jobid...  may
		       begin.

		       If  any	of  the	before forms are used, the jobs	refer-
		       enced by	jobid must have	been submitted with  a	depen-
		       dency type of on.

		   Array Dependencies
		       It  is  now  possible to	have a job depend on an	array.
		       These dependencies are in the form  depend=arraydep:ar-
		       rayid[num]. If [num] is not present, then the dependen-
		       cies applies to the entire array. If [num] is  present,
		       then  num  means	 the number of jobs that must meet the
		       condition for the dependency to be satisfied.

		   afterstartarray:arrayid[count]
		       This job	may be scheduled for execution only after jobs
		       in arrayid have started execution.

		   afterokarray:arrayid[count]
		       This job	may be scheduled for execution only after jobs
		       in arrayid have terminated with no errors.

		   afternotok:arrayid[count]
		       This job	may be scheduled for execution only after jobs
		       in arrayid have terminated with errors.

		   afteranyarray:arrayid[count]
		       This  job  may be scheduled for execution after jobs in
		       array id	have terminated, with or without errors.

		   beforestartarray:arrayid[count]
		       This job	may be scheduled  for  execution  only	before
		       jobs in arrayid have started execution.

		   beforeokarray:arrayid[count]
		       This  job  may  be  scheduled for execution only	before
		       jobs in arrayid have terminated with no errors.

		   beforenotok:arrayid[count]
		       This job	may be scheduled  for  execution  only	before
		       jobs in arrayid have terminated with errors.

		   beforeanyarray:arrayid[count]
		       This  job may be	scheduled for execution	before jobs in
		       array id	have terminated, with or without errors.

		       If any of the before forms are used,  the  jobs	refer-
		       enced  by jobid must have the same owner	as the job be-
		       ing submitted.  Otherwise, the dependency is ignored.

		   Error processing of the existence, state, or	 condition  of
		   the job on which the	newly submitted	job is a deferred ser-
		   vice, i.e. the check	is performed after the job is  queued.
		   If an error is detected, the	new job	will be	deleted	by the
		   server.  Mail will be sent to the job submitter stating the
		   error.

		   Dependency examples:
		   qsub	-W depend=afterok:123.big.iron.com /tmp/script
		   qsub	     -W	     depend=before:234.hunk1.com:235.hunk1.com
		   /tmp/script
		   qsub	-W depend=afterokarray:21.tom.com[] /tmp/script
		   qsub	-W depend=beforenotokarray:22.tom.com[][5] /tmp/script

	       group_list=g_list
	       Defines the group name under which the job is to	run on the ex-
	       ecution system.	The g_list argument is of the form:
	       group[@host][,group[@host],...]
	       Only  one group name may	be given per specified host.  Only one
	       of the group specifications may be supplied without the	corre-
	       sponding	host specification.  That group	name will used for ex-
	       ecution on any host not named in	the  argument  list.   If  not
	       set,  the  group_list defaults to the primary group of the user
	       under which the job will	be run.

	       interactive=true
	       If the interactive attribute is specified, the job is an	inter-
	       active  job.  The -I option is a	alternative method of specify-
	       ing this	attribute.

	       stagein=file_list
	       stageout=file_list
	       Specifies which files are staged	(copied) in before  job	 start
	       or staged out after the job completes execution.	 On completion
	       of the job, all staged-in and staged-out	files are removed from
	       the execution system.  The file_list is in the form
	       local_file@hostname:remote_file[,...]
	       regardless  of  the direction of	the copy.  The name local_file
	       is the name of the file on the system where the	job  executed.
	       It may be an absolute path or relative to the home directory of
	       the user.  The name remote_file is the destination name on  the
	       host  specified by hostname.  The name may be absolute or rela-
	       tive to the user's home directory on the	destination host.  The
	       use of wildcards	in the file name is not	recommended.  The file
	       names map to a remote copy program (rcp)	call on	the  execution
	       system in the follow manner:
	       For stagein:   rcp hostname:remote_file local_file
	       For stageout:  rcp local_file hostname:remote_file
	       Data staging examples:
	       -W stagein=/tmp/input.txt@headnode:/home/user/input.txt
	       -W stageout=/tmp/output.txt@headnode:/home/user/output.txt
	       If  TORQUE  has	been compiled with wordexp support, then vari-
	       ables can be used  in  the  specified  paths.   Currently  only
	       $PBS_JOBID, $HOME, and $TMPDIR are supported for	stagein.

	       umask=XXX
	       Sets  umask  used  to  create  stdout and stderr	spool files in
	       pbs_mom spool directory.	Values starting	with 0 are treated  as
	       octal values, otherwise the value is treated as a decimal umask
	       value.

       -x      When running an interactive job,	the -x flag makes it  so  that
	       the script won't	be parsed for PBS directives, but instead will
	       be a command that is launched  once  the	 interactive  job  has
	       started.	 The job will terminate	at the completion of this com-
	       mand.

       -X      Enables X11 forwarding.	The DISPLAY environment	variable  must
	       be set.

       -z      Directs	that  the qsub command is not to write the job identi-
	       fier assigned to	the job	to the command's standard output.

OPERANDS
       The qsub	command	accepts	a script operand  that	is  the	 path  to  the
       script  of the job.  If the path	is relative, it	will be	expanded rela-
       tive to the working directory of	the qsub command.

       If the script operand is	not provided or	 the  operand  is  the	single
       character  "-",	the qsub command reads the script from standard	input.
       When the	script is being	read from Standard Input, qsub will  copy  the
       file to a temporary file.  This temporary file is passed	to the library
       interface routine pbs_submit.  The temporary file is  removed  by  qsub
       after  pbs_submit  returns  or upon the receipt of a signal which would
       cause qsub to terminate.

STANDARD INPUT
       The qsub	command	reads the script for the job from  standard  input  if
       the script operand is missing or	is the single character	"-".

INPUT FILES
       The script file is read by the qsub command.  Qsub acts upon any	direc-
       tives found in the script.

       When the	job is created,	a copy of the script file  is  made  and  that
       copy cannot be modified.

STANDARD OUTPUT
       Unless  the  -z	option	is set,	the job	identifier assigned to the job
       will be written to standard output if the job is	successfully created.

STANDARD ERROR
       The qsub	command	will write a diagnostic	message	to standard error  for
       each error occurrence.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The  values of some or all of the variables in the qsub command's envi-
       ronment are exported with the job, see the -v and -V options.

       The environment variable	PBS_DEFAULT defines the	name  of  the  default
       server.	  Typically,  it corresponds to	the system name	of the host on
       which the server	is running.  If	PBS_DEFAULT is not set,	the default is
       defined by an administrator established file.

       The environment variable	PBS_DPREFIX determines the prefix string which
       identifies directives in	the script.

       The environment variable	PBS_CLIENTRETRY	defines	the maximum number  of
       seconds	qsub  will block.  See the -b option above.  Despite the name,
       currently qsub is the only client that supports this option.

TORQUE.CFG
       The torque.cfg file, located in PBS_SERVER_HOME	(/var/spool/torque  by
       default)	 controls the behavior of the qsub command. This file contains
       a list of parameters and	values separated by whitespace

       QSUBSLEEP takes an integer operand which	specifies time to  sleep  when
       running	qsub  command.	 Used  to  prevent users from overwhelming the
       scheduler.

       SUBMITFILTER specifies the path to  the	submit	filter	used  to  pre-
       process	job submission.	The default path is $(libexecdir)/qsub_filter,
       which falls back	to /usr/local/sbin/torque_submitfilter	for  backwards
       compatibility. This torque.cfg parameter	overrides this default.

       SERVERHOST specifies the	value for the PBS_SERVER environment variable

       QSUBHOST	specifies the hostname for the jobs QSUB_O_HOST	variable

       QSUBSENDUID specifies a uid to use for the jobs PBS_O_UID variable

       XAUTHPATH specifies the path to xauth

       CLIENTRETRY  specifies  the  integer  seconds between retry attempts to
       communicate with	pbs_server

       VALIDATEGROUP set this parameter	to force qsub to  verify  the  submit-
       ter's group id

       DEFAULTCKPT  specifies the default value	for the	jobs checkpoint	attri-
       bute.  The user overrides this with the -c qsub option.

       VALIDATEPATH set	this parameter to force	qsub to	validate  local	 exis-
       tence of	a "-d" working directory

       RERUNNABLEBYDEFAULT  this parameter specifies if	a job is rerunnable by
       default.	The default is true, setting this  to  false  causes  the  re-
       runnable	 attribute value to be false unless the	users specifies	other-
       wise with the -r	option

       FAULT_TOLERANT_BY_DEFAULT this parameter	specifies if a	job  is	 fault
       tolerant	 by default.  The default value	for the	fault_tolerant job at-
       tribute is false, setting this parameter	to  true  causes  the  default
       value  of  the attribute	to be true. The	user can specify their prefer-
       ence with the -f	qsub option.

       For example:
	      QSUBSLEEP	 2
	      RERUNNABLEBYDEFAULT  false

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
       Script Processing:

       A job script may	consist	of PBS	directives,  comments  and  executable
       statements.   A	PBS  directive	provides  a  way of specifying job at-
       tributes	in addition to the command line	options.  For example:
	      :
	      #PBS -N Job_name
	      #PBS -l walltime=10:30,mem=320kb
	      #PBS -m be
	      #
	      step1 arg1 arg2
	      step2 arg3 arg4

       The qsub	command	scans the lines	of the script file for directives.  An
       initial	line in	the script that	begins with the	characters "#!"	or the
       character ":" will be ignored and scanning will	start  with  the  next
       line.   Scanning	will continue until the	first executable line, that is
       a line that is not blank, not a directive line, nor a line whose	 first
       non  white  space  character is "#".  If	directives occur on subsequent
       lines, they will	be ignored.

       A line in the script file will be processed as a	directive to  qsub  if
       and  only if the	string of characters starting with the first non white
       space character on the line and of the same  length  as	the  directive
       prefix matches the directive prefix.

       The  remainder of the directive line consists of	the options to qsub in
       the same	syntax as they appear on the command line.  The	option charac-
       ter is to be preceded with the "-" character.

       If  an  option  is present in both a directive and on the command line,
       that option and its argument, if	any, will be ignored in	the directive.
       The command line	takes precedence.

       If  an  option  is  present in a	directive and not on the command line,
       that option and its argument, if	any, will be processed as  if  it  had
       occurred	on the command line.

       The  directive  prefix string will be determined	in order of preference
       from:

	   The value of	the -C option argument if the option is	 specified  on
	   the command line.

	   The value of	the environment	variable PBS_DPREFIX if	it is defined.

	   The four character string #PBS.

       If the -C option	is found in a directive	in the script file, it will be
       ignored.

       User Authorization:

       When the	user submits a job from	a system other than the	one  on	 which
       the  PBS	 Server	is running, the	name under which the job is to be exe-
       cuted is	selected according to the rules	listed under  the  -u  option.
       The user	submitting the job must	be authorized to run the job under the
       execution user name.  This authorization	is provided if

	      (1)  The host on which qsub is run is trusted by	the  execution
		   host	(see /etc/hosts.equiv),

	      (2)  The	execution  user	has an .rhosts file naming the submit-
		   ting	user on	the submitting host.

       C-Shell .logout File:

       The following warning applies for users of the c-shell,	csh.   If  the
       job is executed under the csh and a .logout file	exists in the home di-
       rectory in which	the job	executes, the exit status of the job  is  that
       of  the .logout script, not the job script.  This may impact any	inter-
       job dependencies.  To preserve the job exit status, either  remove  the
       .logout	file or	place the following line as the	first line in the .lo-
       gout file
	  set EXITVAL =	$status
       and the following line as the last executable line in .logout
	  exit $EXITVAL

       Interactive Jobs:

       If the -I option	is specified on	the command line or in a script	direc-
       tive,  or  if  the "interactive"	job attribute declared true via	the -W
       option, -W interactive=true, either on the command line or in a	script
       directive, the job is an	interactive job.  The script will be processed
       for directives, but will	not be included	with the job.	When  the  job
       begins  execution, all input to the job is from the terminal session in
       which qsub is running.

       When an interactive job is submitted, the qsub command will not	termi-
       nate when the job is submitted.	Qsub will remain running until the job
       terminates, is aborted, or the user interrupts qsub with	an SIGINT (the
       control-C  key).	  If  qsub  is interrupted prior to job	start, it will
       query if	the user wishes	to exit.  If the user response "yes", qsub ex-
       its and the job is aborted.

       Once  the  interactive  job  has	started	execution, input to and	output
       from the	job pass through  qsub.	  Keyboard  generated  interrupts  are
       passed to the job.  Lines entered that begin with the tilde ('~') char-
       acter and contain special sequences are escaped by  qsub.   The	recog-
       nized escape sequences are:

	      ~.     Qsub  terminates execution.  The batch job	is also	termi-
		     nated.

	      ~susp  Suspend the qsub program if running under	the  C	shell.
		     "susp" is the suspend character, usually CNTL-Z.

	      ~asusp Suspend the input half of qsub (terminal to job), but al-
		     low output	to continue to be displayed.  Only works under
		     the C shell.  "asusp" is the auxiliary suspend character,
		     usually CNTL-Y.

EXIT STATUS
       Upon successful processing, the qsub exit status	will  be  a  value  of
       zero.

       If  the qsub command fails, the command exits with a value greater than
       zero.

SEE ALSO
       qalter(1B),  qdel(1B),  qhold(1B),  qmove(1B),  qmsg(1B),   qrerun(1B),
       qrls(1B),    qselect(1B),    qsig(1B),	 qstat(1B),   pbs_connect(3B),
       pbs_job_attributes(7B),	      pbs_queue_attributes(7B),	       pbs_re-
       sources_irix5(7B),   pbs_resources_sp2(7B),   pbs_resources_sunos4(7B),
       pbs_resources_unicos8(7B),	 pbs_server_attributes(7B),	   and
       pbs_server(8B)

Local								      qsub(1B)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | OPERANDS | STANDARD INPUT | INPUT FILES | STANDARD OUTPUT | STANDARD ERROR | ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES | TORQUE.CFG | EXTENDED DESCRIPTION | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO

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