Necessary PBS options
| Option |
Use |
Description |
| A |
#PBS -A <account> |
Causes the job time to be charged to <account>. The account string XXXYYY is typically composed of three letters followed by three digits and optionally followed by a subproject identifier. The utility showusage can be used to list your valid assigned project ID(s). This is the only option required by all jobs. |
| l |
#PBS -l size=<cores> |
Maximum number of compute cores. Must request an entire node (multiples of 12). |
|
#PBS -l walltime=<time> |
Maximum wall-clock time. <time> is in the format HH:MM:SS. Default is 45 minutes. |
Commonly used, but not necessary PBS Options
| Option |
Use |
Description |
| o |
#PBS -o <name> |
Writes standard output to <name> instead of <job script>.o$PBS_JOBID. $PBS_JOBID is an environment variable created by PBS that contains the PBS job identifier. |
| e |
#PBS -e <name> |
Writes standard error to <name> instead of <job script>.e$PBS_JOBID. |
| j |
#PBS -j {oe,eo} |
Combines standard output and standard error into the standard error file (eo) or the standard out file (oe). |
| m |
#PBS -m a |
Sends email to the submitter when the job aborts. |
|
#PBS -m b |
Sends email to the submitter when the job begins. |
|
#PBS -m e |
Sends email to the submitter when the job ends. |
| M |
#PBS -M <address> |
Specifies email address to use for -m options. |
| N |
#PBS -N <name> |
Sets the job name to <name> instead of the name of the job script. |
| S |
#PBS -S <shell> |
Sets the shell to interpret the job script. |
| q |
#PBS -q <queue> |
Directs the job to the specified queue.This option is not required to run in the general production queue. |
| V |
#PBS -V |
Exports all environment variables from the submitting shell into the batch shell. |
Further details and other PBS options may be found using the man qsub command.
