QuickStart - qsub

Job Submission example (sample.pbs)

#!/bin/bash

## sample.pbs simple submission file to help demonstrate some options

##### These lines are for qsub/Moab
#PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=1        ## 1 node and 1 core
#PBS -l walltime=5:00          ## for five minutes
#PBS -N qsub_example        ## with a name
#PBS -m abe                        ## send emails (abort, begin & error)
#PBS -M tboyle@kennesaw.edu  ## where to send emails
#PBS -o myname.output      ## name your output file
#PBS -e myname.error         ## name your error file

## With no queue specified, the job will run on the default batch queue
##PBS -q batch                    ## or you can enter a queue

##### Load modules needed
module purge                     ## remove any loaded modules
module load MATLAB        ## load the MATLAB environment

##### Set the JOBID Variable
JOBID=`echo $PBS_JOBID | cut -f1 -d

##### These are shell commands that output and write to data file

echo "Job started at $(date)" > $(date +"%Y%m%d")

sleep 120    ## Do nothing with MATLAB for 2 minutes ;) 
echo "This machine is $HOSTNAME" > $(date +"%Y%m%d")  

echo "Job ended at $(date)" > $(date +"%Y%m%d")

exit 0

Submit the job

$ qsub sample.pbs

Returns with JOBID.roland    (example:  34823.roland)

You will be sent an email with some job details

Monitor your job

$ qstat JOBID

Monitor all your jobs

qstat -u YOUR_NETID

You will be sent an email when job terminates (properly or unexpectedly)