PROLOG | NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | OPERANDS | STDIN | INPUT FILES | ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES | ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS | STDOUT | STDERR | OUTPUT FILES | EXTENDED DESCRIPTION | EXIT STATUS | CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS | APPLICATION USAGE | EXAMPLES | RATIONALE | FUTURE DIRECTIONS | SEE ALSO | COPYRIGHT

QSUB(1P)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 QSUB(1P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       qsub — submit a script

SYNOPSIS         top

       qsub [−a date_time] [−A account_string] [−c interval]
           [−C directive_prefix] [−e path_name] [−h] [−j join_list]
           [−k keep_list] [−m mail_options] [−M mail_list] [−N name]
           [−o path_name] [−p priority] [−q destination] [−r y|n]
           [−S path_name_list] [−u user_list] [−v variable_list] [−V]
           [−z] [script]

DESCRIPTION         top

       To submit a script is to create a batch job that executes the script.
       A script is submitted by a request to a batch server. The qsub
       utility is a user-accessible batch client that submits a script.
       Upon successful completion, the qsub utility shall have created a
       batch job that will execute the submitted script.
       The qsub utility shall submit a script by sending a Queue Job Request
       to a batch server.
       The qsub utility shall place the value of the following environment
       variables in the Variable_List attribute of the batch job: HOME,
       LANG, LOGNAME, PATH, MAIL, SHELL, and TZ.  The name of the
       environment variable shall be the current name prefixed with the
       string PBS_O_.
       Note:     If the current value of the HOME variable in the
                 environment space of the qsub utility is /aa/bb/cc, then
                 qsub shall place PBS_O_HOME=/aa/bb/cc in the Variable_List
                 attribute of the batch job.
       In addition to the variables described above, the qsub utility shall
       add the following variables with the indicated values to the variable
       list:
       PBS_O_WORKDIR The absolute path of the current working directory of
                     the qsub utility process.
       PBS_O_HOST    The name of the host on which the qsub utility is
                     running.

OPTIONS         top

       The qsub utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of
       POSIX.1‐2008, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines.
       The following options shall be supported by the implementation:
       −a date_time
                 Define the time at which a batch job becomes eligible for
                 execution.
                 The qsub utility shall accept an option-argument that
                 conforms to the syntax of the time operand of the touch
                 utility.
                     Table 4-19: Environment Variable Values (Utilities)
                         ┌──────────────┬───────────────────────────┐
                         │Variable Name Value at qsub Time     │
                         ├──────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
                         │PBS_O_HOMEHOME                      │
                         │PBS_O_HOST    │ Client host name          │
                         │PBS_O_LANGLANG                      │
                         │PBS_O_LOGNAMELOGNAME                   │
                         │PBS_O_PATHPATH                      │
                         │PBS_O_MAILMAIL                      │
                         │PBS_O_SHELLSHELL                     │
                         │PBS_O_TZTZ                        │
                         │PBS_O_WORKDIR │ Current working directory │
                         └──────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
                 Note:     The server that initiates execution of the batch
                           job will add other variables to the batch job's
                           environment; see Section 3.2.2.1, Batch Job
                           Execution.
                 The qsub utility shall set the Execution_Time attribute of
                 the batch job to the number of seconds since the Epoch that
                 is equivalent to the local time expressed by the value of
                 the date_time option-argument. The Epoch is defined in the
                 Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 3.150,
                 Epoch.
                 If the −a option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Execution_Time attribute of the batch
                 job to a time (number of seconds since the Epoch) that is
                 earlier than the time at which the utility exits.
       −A account_string
                 Define the account to which the resource consumption of the
                 batch job should be charged.
                 The syntax of the account_string option-argument is
                 unspecified.
                 The qsub utility shall set the Account_Name attribute of
                 the batch job to the value of the account_string option-
                 argument.
                 If the −A option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall omit the Account_Name attribute from the
                 attributes of the batch job.
       −c interval
                 Define whether the batch job should be checkpointed, and if
                 so, how often.
                 The qsub utility shall accept a value for the interval
                 option-argument that is one of the following:
                 n         No checkpointing shall be performed on the batch
                           job (NO_CHECKPOINT).
                 s         Checkpointing shall be performed only when the
                           batch server is shut down
                           (CHECKPOINT_AT_SHUTDOWN).
                 c         Automatic periodic checkpointing shall be
                           performed at the Minimum_Cpu_Interval attribute
                           of the batch queue, in units of CPU minutes
                           (CHECKPOINT_AT_MIN_CPU_INTERVAL).
                 c=minutes Automatic periodic checkpointing shall be
                           performed every minutes of CPU time, or every
                           Minimum_Cpu_Interval minutes, whichever is
                           greater. The minutes argument shall conform to
                           the syntax for unsigned integers and shall be
                           greater than zero.
                 The qsub utility shall set the Checkpoint attribute of the
                 batch job to the value of the interval option-argument.
                 If the −c option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Checkpoint attribute of the batch job
                 to the single character 'u' (CHECKPOINT_UNSPECIFIED).
       −C directive_prefix
                 Define the prefix that declares a directive to the qsub
                 utility within the script.
                 The directive_prefix is not a batch job attribute; it
                 affects the behavior of the qsub utility.
                 If the −C option is presented to the qsub utility, and the
                 value of the directive_prefix option-argument is the null
                 string, the utility shall not scan the script file for
                 directives. If the −C option is not presented to the qsub
                 utility, then the value of the PBS_DPREFIX environment
                 variable is used. If the environment variable is not
                 defined, then #PBS encoded in the portable character set is
                 the default.
       −e path_name
                 Define the path to be used for the standard error stream of
                 the batch job.
                 The qsub utility shall accept a path_name option-argument
                 which can be preceded by a host name element of the form
                 hostname:.
                 If the path_name option-argument constitutes an absolute
                 pathname, the qsub utility shall set the Error_Path
                 attribute of the batch job to the value of the path_name
                 option-argument.
                 If the path_name option-argument constitutes a relative
                 pathname and no host name element is specified, the qsub
                 utility shall set the Error_Path attribute of the batch job
                 to the value of the absolute pathname derived by expanding
                 the path_name option-argument relative to the current
                 directory of the process executing qsub.
                 If the path_name option-argument constitutes a relative
                 pathname and a host name element is specified, the qsub
                 utility shall set the Error_Path attribute of the batch job
                 to the value of the path_name option-argument without
                 expansion. The host name element shall be included.
                 If the path_name option-argument does not include a host
                 name element, the qsub utility shall prefix the pathname
                 with hostname:, where hostname is the name of the host upon
                 which the qsub utility is being executed.
                 If the −e option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Error_Path attribute of the batch job
                 to the host name and path of the current directory of the
                 submitting process and the default filename.
                 The default filename for standard error has the following
                 format:
                     job_name.esequence_number
       −h        Specify that a USER hold is applied to the batch job.
                 The qsub utility shall set the value of the Hold_Types
                 attribute of the batch job to the value USER.
                 If the −h option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Hold_Types attribute of the batch job
                 to the value NO_HOLD.
       −j join_list
                 Define which streams of the batch job are to be merged. The
                 qsub −j option shall accept a value for the join_list
                 option-argument that is a string of alphanumeric characters
                 in the portable character set (see the Base Definitions
                 volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 6.1, Portable Character
                 Set).
                 The qsub utility shall accept a join_list option-argument
                 that consists of one or more of the characters 'e' and 'o',
                 or the single character 'n'.
                 All of the other batch job output streams specified will be
                 merged into the output stream represented by the character
                 listed first in the join_list option-argument.
                 For each unique character in the join_list option-argument,
                 the qsub utility shall add a value to the Join_Path
                 attribute of the batch job as follows, each representing a
                 different batch job stream to join:
                 e     The standard error of the batch job (JOIN_STD_ERROR).
                 o     The standard output of the batch job
                       (JOIN_STD_OUTPUT).
                 An existing Join_Path attribute can be cleared by the
                 following join type:
                 n     NO_JOIN
                 If 'n' is specified, then no files are joined. The qsub
                 utility shall consider it an error if any join type other
                 than 'n' is combined with join type 'n'.
                 Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of
                 the characters 'e', 'o', or 'n' within the join_list
                 option-argument. The qsub utility shall permit the
                 repetition of characters, but shall not assign additional
                 meaning to the repeated characters.
                 An implementation may define other join types. The
                 conformance document for an implementation shall describe
                 any additional batch job streams, how they are specified,
                 their internal behavior, and how they affect the behavior
                 of the utility.
                 If the −j option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the value of the Join_Path attribute of
                 the batch job to NO_JOIN.
       −k keep_list
                 Define which output of the batch job to retain on the
                 execution host.
                 The qsub −k option shall accept a value for the keep_list
                 option-argument that is a string of alphanumeric characters
                 in the portable character set (see the Base Definitions
                 volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 6.1, Portable Character
                 Set).
                 The qsub utility shall accept a keep_list option-argument
                 that consists of one or more of the characters 'e' and 'o',
                 or the single character 'n'.
                 For each unique character in the keep_list option-argument,
                 the qsub utility shall add a value to the Keep_Files
                 attribute of the batch job as follows, each representing a
                 different batch job stream to keep:
                 e     The standard error of the batch job (KEEP_STD_ERROR).
                 o     The standard output of the batch job
                       (KEEP_STD_OUTPUT).
                 If both 'e' and 'o' are specified, then both files are
                 retained. An existing Keep_Files attribute can be cleared
                 by the following keep type:
                 n     NO_KEEP
                 If 'n' is specified, then no files are retained. The qsub
                 utility shall consider it an error if any keep type other
                 than 'n' is combined with keep type 'n'.
                 Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of
                 the characters 'e', 'o', or 'n' within the keep_list
                 option-argument. The qsub utility shall permit the
                 repetition of characters, but shall not assign additional
                 meaning to the repeated characters.
                 An implementation may define other keep types. The
                 conformance document for an implementation shall describe
                 any additional keep types, how they are specified, their
                 internal behavior, and how they affect the behavior of the
                 utility. If the −k option is not presented to the qsub
                 utility, the utility shall set the Keep_Files attribute of
                 the batch job to the value NO_KEEP.
       −m mail_options
                 Define the points in the execution of the batch job at
                 which the batch server that manages the batch job shall
                 send mail about a change in the state of the batch job.
                 The qsub −m option shall accept a value for the
                 mail_options option-argument that is a string of
                 alphanumeric characters in the portable character set (see
                 the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 6.1,
                 Portable Character Set).
                 The qsub utility shall accept a value for the mail_options
                 option-argument that is a string of one or more of the
                 characters 'e', 'b', and 'a', or the single character 'n'.
                 For each unique character in the mail_options option-
                 argument, the qsub utility shall add a value to the
                 Mail_Users attribute of the batch job as follows, each
                 representing a different time during the life of a batch
                 job at which to send mail:
                 e     MAIL_AT_EXIT
                 b     MAIL_AT_BEGINNING
                 a     MAIL_AT_ABORT
                 If any of these characters are duplicated in the
                 mail_options option-argument, the duplicates shall be
                 ignored.
                 An existing Mail_Points attribute can be cleared by the
                 following mail type:
                 n     NO_MAIL
                 If 'n' is specified, then mail is not sent. The qsub
                 utility shall consider it an error if any mail type other
                 than 'n' is combined with mail type 'n'.
                 Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of
                 the characters 'e', 'b', 'a', or 'n' within the
                 mail_options option-argument.
                 The qsub utility shall permit the repetition of characters,
                 but shall not assign additional meaning to the repeated
                 characters. An implementation may define other mail types.
                 The conformance document for an implementation shall
                 describe any additional mail types, how they are specified,
                 their internal behavior, and how they affect the behavior
                 of the utility.
                 If the −m option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Mail_Points attribute to the value
                 MAIL_AT_ABORT.
       −M mail_list
                 Define the list of users to which a batch server that
                 executes the batch job shall send mail, if the server sends
                 mail about the batch job.
                 The syntax of the mail_list option-argument is unspecified.
                 If the implementation of the qsub utility uses a name
                 service to locate users, the utility should accept the
                 syntax used by the name service.
                 If the implementation of the qsub utility does not use a
                 name service to locate users, the implementation should
                 accept the following syntax for user names:
                     mail_address[,,mail_address,, ...]
                 The interpretation of mail_address is implementation-
                 defined.
                 The qsub utility shall set the Mail_Users attribute of the
                 batch job to the value of the mail_list option-argument.
                 If the −M option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall place only the user name and host name for
                 the current process in the Mail_Users attribute of the
                 batch job.
       −N name   Define the name of the batch job.
                 The qsub −N option shall accept a value for the name
                 option-argument that is a string of up to 15 alphanumeric
                 characters in the portable character set (see the Base
                 Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 6.1, Portable
                 Character Set) where the first character is alphabetic.
                 The qsub utility shall set the value of the Job_Name
                 attribute of the batch job to the value of the name option-
                 argument.
                 If the −N option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Job_Name attribute of the batch job
                 to the name of the script argument from which the directory
                 specification if any, has been removed.
                 If the −N option is not presented to the qsub utility, and
                 the script is read from standard input, the utility shall
                 set the Job_Name attribute of the batch job to the value
                 STDIN.
       −o path_name
                 Define the path for the standard output of the batch job.
                 The qsub utility shall accept a path_name option-argument
                 that conforms to the syntax of the path_name element
                 defined in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2008,
                 which can be preceded by a host name element of the form
                 hostname:.
                 If the path_name option-argument constitutes an absolute
                 pathname, the qsub utility shall set the Output_Path
                 attribute of the batch job to the value of the path_name
                 option-argument without expansion.
                 If the path_name option-argument constitutes a relative
                 pathname and no host name element is specified, the qsub
                 utility shall set the Output_Path attribute of the batch
                 job to the pathname derived by expanding the value of the
                 path_name option-argument relative to the current directory
                 of the process executing the qsub.
                 If the path_name option-argument constitutes a relative
                 pathname and a host name element is specified, the qsub
                 utility shall set the Output_Path attribute of the batch
                 job to the value of the path_name option-argument without
                 expansion.
                 If the path_name option-argument does not specify a host
                 name element, the qsub utility shall prefix the pathname
                 with hostname:, where hostname is the name of the host upon
                 which the qsub utility is executing.
                 If the −o option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Output_Path attribute of the batch
                 job to the host name and path of the current directory of
                 the submitting process and the default filename.
                 The default filename for standard output has the following
                 format:
                     job_name.osequence_number
       −p priority
                 Define the priority the batch job should have relative to
                 other batch jobs owned by the batch server.
                 The qsub utility shall set the Priority attribute of the
                 batch job to the value of the priority option-argument.
                 If the −p option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 value of the Priority attribute is implementation-defined.
                 The qsub utility shall accept a value for the priority
                 option-argument that conforms to the syntax for signed
                 decimal integers, and which is not less than −1024 and not
                 greater than 1023.
       −q destination
                 Define the destination of the batch job.
                 The destination is not a batch job attribute; it determines
                 the batch server, and possibly the batch queue, to which
                 the qsub utility batch queues the batch job.
                 The qsub utility shall submit the script to the batch
                 server named by the destination option-argument or the
                 server that owns the batch queue named in the destination
                 option-argument.
                 The qsub utility shall accept an option-argument for the −q
                 option that conforms to the syntax for a destination (see
                 Section 3.3.2, Destination).
                 If the −q option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 qsub utility shall submit the batch job to the default
                 destination. The mechanism for determining the default
                 destination is implementation-defined.
       −r y|n    Define whether the batch job is rerunnable.
                 If the value of the option-argument is y, the qsub utility
                 shall set the Rerunable attribute of the batch job to TRUE.
                 If the value of the option-argument is n, the qsub utility
                 shall set the Rerunable attribute of the batch job to
                 FALSE.
                 If the −r option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Rerunable attribute of the batch job
                 to TRUE.
       −S path_name_list
                 Define the pathname to the shell under which the batch job
                 is to execute.
                 The qsub utility shall accept a path_name_list option-
                 argument that conforms to the following syntax:
                     pathname[@host][,,pathname[@host],, ...]
                 The qsub utility shall allow only one pathname for a given
                 host name. The qsub utility shall allow only one pathname
                 that is missing a corresponding host name.
                 The qsub utility shall add a value to the Shell_Path_List
                 attribute of the batch job for each entry in the
                 path_name_list option-argument.
                 If the −S option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the Shell_Path_List attribute of the
                 batch job to the null string.
                 The conformance document for an implementation shall
                 describe the mechanism used to set the default shell and
                 determine the current value of the default shell. An
                 implementation shall provide a means for the installation
                 to set the default shell to the login shell of the user
                 under which the batch job is to execute. See Section 3.3.3,
                 Multiple Keyword-Value Pairs for a means of removing
                 keyword=value (and value@keyword) pairs and other general
                 rules for list-oriented batch job attributes.
       −u user_list
                 Define the user name under which the batch job is to
                 execute.
                 The qsub utility shall accept a user_list option-argument
                 that conforms to the following syntax:
                     username[@host][,,username[@host],, ...]
                 The qsub utility shall accept only one user name that is
                 missing a corresponding host name. The qsub utility shall
                 accept only one user name per named host.
                 The qsub utility shall add a value to the User_List
                 attribute of the batch job for each entry in the user_list
                 option-argument.
                 If the −u option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall set the User_List attribute of the batch job
                 to the user name from which the utility is executing. See
                 Section 3.3.3, Multiple Keyword-Value Pairs for a means of
                 removing keyword=value (and value@keyword) pairs and other
                 general rules for list-oriented batch job attributes.
       −v variable_list
                 Add to the list of variables that are exported to the
                 session leader of the batch job.
                 A variable_list is a set of strings of either the form
                 <variable> or <variable=value>, delimited by <comma>
                 characters.
                 If the −v option is presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall also add, to the environment Variable_List
                 attribute of the batch job, every variable named in the
                 environment variable_list option-argument and, optionally,
                 values of specified variables.
                 If a value is not provided on the command line, the qsub
                 utility shall set the value of each variable in the
                 environment Variable_List attribute of the batch job to the
                 value of the corresponding environment variable for the
                 process in which the utility is executing; see Table 4-19,
                 Environment Variable Values (Utilities).
                 A conforming application shall not repeat a variable in the
                 environment variable_list option-argument.
                 The qsub utility shall not repeat a variable in the
                 environment Variable_List attribute of the batch job. See
                 Section 3.3.3, Multiple Keyword-Value Pairs for a means of
                 removing keyword=value (and value@keyword) pairs and other
                 general rules for list-oriented batch job attributes.
       −V        Specify that all of the environment variables of the
                 process are exported to the context of the batch job.
                 The qsub utility shall place every environment variable in
                 the process in which the utility is executing in the list
                 and shall set the value of each variable in the attribute
                 to the value of that variable in the process.
       −z        Specify that the utility does not write the batch
                 job_identifier of the created batch job to standard output.
                 If the −z option is presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall not write the batch job_identifier of the
                 created batch job to standard output.
                 If the −z option is not presented to the qsub utility, the
                 utility shall write the identifier of the created batch job
                 to standard output.

OPERANDS         top

       The qsub utility shall accept a script operand that indicates the
       path to the script of the batch job.
       If the script operand is not presented to the qsub utility, or if the
       operand is the single-character string '−', the utility shall read
       the script from standard input.
       If the script represents a partial path, the qsub utility shall
       expand the path relative to the current directory of the process
       executing the utility.

STDIN         top

       The qsub utility reads the script of the batch job from standard
       input if the script operand is omitted or is the single character
       '−'.

INPUT FILES         top

       In addition to binding the file indicated by the script operand to
       the batch job, the qsub utility reads the script file and acts on
       directives in the script.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES         top

       The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
       qsub:
       LANG      Provide a default value for the internationalization
                 variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions
                 volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 8.2, Internationalization
                 Variables the precedence of internationalization variables
                 used to determine the values of locale categories.)
       LC_ALL    If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of
                 all the other internationalization variables.
       LC_CTYPE  Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
                 bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte
                 as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).
       LC_MESSAGES
                 Determine the locale that should be used to affect the
                 format and contents of diagnostic messages written to
                 standard error.
       LOGNAME   Determine the login name of the user.
       PBS_DPREFIX
                 Determine the default prefix for directives within the
                 script.
       SHELL     Determine the pathname of the preferred command language
                 interpreter of the user.
       TZ        Determine the timezone used to interpret the date-time
                 option-argument. If TZ is unset or null, an unspecified
                 default timezone shall be used.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS         top

       Once created, a batch job exists until it exits, aborts, or is
       deleted.
       After a batch job is created by the qsub utility, batch servers might
       route, execute, modify, or delete the batch job.

STDOUT         top

       The qsub utility writes the batch job_identifier assigned to the
       batch job to standard output, unless the −z option is specified.

STDERR         top

       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES         top

       None.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION         top

   Script Preservation
       The qsub utility shall make the script available to the server
       executing the batch job in such a way that the server executes the
       script as it exists at the time of submission.
       The qsub utility can send a copy of the script to the server with the
       Queue Job Request or store a temporary copy of the script in a
       location specified to the server.
   Option Specification
       A script can contain directives to the qsub utility.
       The qsub utility shall scan the lines of the script for directives,
       skipping blank lines, until the first line that begins with a string
       other than the directive string; if directives occur on subsequent
       lines, the utility shall ignore those directives.
       Lines are separated by a <newline>.  If the first line of the script
       begins with "#!" or a <colon> (':'), then it is skipped. The qsub
       utility shall process a line in the script as a directive if and only
       if the string of characters from the first non-white-space character
       on the line until the first <space> or <tab> on the line match the
       directive prefix. If a line in the script contains a directive and
       the final characters of the line are <backslash> and <newline>, then
       the next line shall be interpreted as a continuation of that
       directive.
       The qsub utility shall process the options and option-arguments
       contained on the directive prefix line using the same syntax as if
       the options were input on the qsub utility.
       The qsub utility shall continue to process a directive prefix line
       until after a <newline> is encountered. An implementation may ignore
       lines which, according to the syntax of the shell that will interpret
       the script, are comments.  An implementation shall describe in the
       conformance document the format of any shell comments that it will
       recognize.
       If an option is present in both a directive and the arguments to the
       qsub utility, the utility shall ignore the option and the
       corresponding option-argument, if any, in the directive.
       If an option that is present in the directive is not present in the
       arguments to the qsub utility, the utility shall process the option
       and the option-argument, if any.
       In order of preference, the qsub utility shall select the directive
       prefix from one of the following sources:
        *  If the −C option is presented to the utility, the value of the
           directive_prefix option-argument
        *  If the environment variable PBS_DPREFIX is defined, the value of
           that variable
        *  The four-character string "#PBS" encoded in the portable
           character set
       If the −C option is present in the script file it shall be ignored.

EXIT STATUS         top

       The following exit values shall be returned:
        0    Successful completion.
       >0    An error occurred.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS         top

       Default.
       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       The qsub utility allows users to create a batch job that will process
       the script specified as the operand of the utility.
       The options of the qsub utility allow users to control many aspects
       of the queuing and execution of a batch job.
       The −a option allows users to designate the time after which the
       batch job will become eligible to run. By specifying an execution
       time, users can take advantage of resources at off-peak hours,
       synchronize jobs with chronologically predictable events, and perhaps
       take advantage of off-peak pricing of computing time. For these
       reasons and others, a timing option is existing practice on the part
       of almost every batch system, including NQS.
       The −A option allows users to specify the account that will be
       charged for the batch job. Support for account is not mandatory for
       conforming batch servers.
       The −C option allows users to prescribe the prefix for directives
       within the script file. The default prefix "#PBS" may be
       inappropriate if the script will be interpreted with an alternate
       shell, as specified by the −S option.
       The −c option allows users to establish the checkpointing interval
       for their jobs. A checkpointing system, which is not defined by this
       volume of POSIX.1‐2008, allows recovery of a batch job at the most
       recent checkpoint in the event of a crash. Checkpointing is typically
       used for jobs that consume expensive computing time or must meet a
       critical schedule. Users should be allowed to make the tradeoff
       between the overhead of checkpointing and the risk to the timely
       completion of the batch job; therefore, this volume of POSIX.1‐2008
       provides the checkpointing interval option. Support for checkpointing
       is optional for batch servers.
       The −e option allows users to redirect the standard error streams of
       their jobs to a non-default path. For example, if the submitted
       script generally produces a great deal of useless error output, a
       user might redirect the standard error output to the null device. Or,
       if the file system holding the default location (the home directory
       of the user) has too little free space, the user might redirect the
       standard error stream to a file in another file system.
       The −h option allows users to create a batch job that is held until
       explicitly released. The ability to create a held job is useful when
       some external event must complete before the batch job can execute.
       For example, the user might submit a held job and release it when the
       system load has dropped.
       The −j option allows users to merge the standard error of a batch job
       into its standard output stream, which has the advantage of showing
       the sequential relationship between output and error messages.
       The −m option allows users to designate those points in the execution
       of a batch job at which mail will be sent to the submitting user, or
       to the account(s) indicated by the −M option. By requesting mail
       notification at points of interest in the life of a job, the
       submitting user, or other designated users, can track the progress of
       a batch job.
       The −N option allows users to associate a name with the batch job.
       The job name in no way affects the processing of the batch job, but
       rather serves as a mnemonic handle for users. For example, the batch
       job name can help the user distinguish between multiple jobs listed
       by the qstat utility.
       The −o option allows users to redirect the standard output stream. A
       user might, for example, wish to redirect to the null device the
       standard output stream of a job that produces copious yet superfluous
       output.
       The −P option allows users to designate the relative priority of a
       batch job for selection from a queue.
       The −q option allows users to specify an initial queue for the batch
       job. If the user specifies a routing queue, the batch server routes
       the batch job to another queue for execution or further routing. If
       the user specifies a non-routing queue, the batch server of the queue
       eventually executes the batch job.
       The −r option allows users to control whether the submitted job will
       be rerun if the controlling batch node fails during execution of the
       batch job.  The −r option likewise allows users to indicate whether
       or not the batch job is eligible to be rerun by the qrerun utility.
       Some jobs cannot be correctly rerun because of changes they make in
       the state of databases or other aspects of their environment.  This
       volume of POSIX.1‐2008 specifies that the default, if the −r option
       is not presented to the utility, will be that the batch job cannot be
       rerun, since the result of rerunning a non-rerunnable job might be
       catastrophic.
       The −S option allows users to specify the program (usually a shell)
       that will be invoked to process the script of the batch job. This
       option has been modified to allow a list of shell names and locations
       associated with different hosts.
       The −u option is useful when the submitting user is authorized to use
       more than one account on a given host, in which case the −u option
       allows the user to select from among those accounts. The option-
       argument is a list of user-host pairs, so that the submitting user
       can provide different user identifiers for different nodes in the
       event the batch job is routed. The −u option provides a lot of
       flexibility to accommodate sites with complex account structures.
       Users that have the same user identifier on all the hosts they are
       authorized to use will not need to use the −u option.
       The −V option allows users to export all their current environment
       variables, as of the time the batch job is submitted, to the context
       of the processes of the batch job.
       The −v option allows users to export specific environment variables
       from their current process to the processes of the batch job.
       The −z option allows users to suppress the writing of the batch job
       identifier to standard output. The −z option is an existing NQS
       practice that has been standardized.
       Historically, the qsub utility has served the batch job-submission
       function in the NQS system, the existing practice on which it is
       based. Some changes and additions have been made to the qsub utility
       in this volume of POSIX.1‐2008, vis-a-vis NQS, as a result of the
       growing pool of experience with distributed batch systems.
       The set of features of the qsub utility as defined in this volume of
       POSIX.1‐2008 appears to incorporate all the common existing practice
       on potentially conforming platforms.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       The qsub utility may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO         top

       Chapter 3, Batch Environment Services, qrerun(1p), qstat(1p),
       touch(1p)
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 3.150, Epoch,
       Section 6.1, Portable Character Set, Chapter 8, Environment
       Variables, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines

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       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
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