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--- slurm-dummies [2020/04/02 11:59] – admin
+++ slurm-dummies [2020/05/09 16:56] – admin
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 # how much time this process must run (hours:minutes:seconds)? 4 hours for this example
 #SBATCH --time=04:00:00
-# how much memory it needs ? 1 GB (1024MB) for the example
+# how much memory it needs ? 1 GB (1024MB) for the example. Different units can be specified using the suffix [K|M|G|T]
 #SBATCH --mem=1G
 </code>
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 #Numer of cores needed by the application (8 in this example)
 #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=8
-#and of course the number of nodes (computers) your program is supposed to use (usually 1)
+#and of course the number of nodes (physical computers) your program is supposed to use (at least 1)
 #SBATCH --nodes=1
 </code>
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 <code>
-# this line instruct the PBS to send a mail when the job start and finish
+# this line instruct SLURM to send a mail when the job start and finish
-#SBATCH --mail-type=begin
+#SBATCH --mail-type=begin,end
-#SBATCH --mail-type=end
 </code>
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 #SBATCH --mail-user=dummy.epfl@epfl.ch
 #SBATCH --time=04:00:00
-#SBATCH --mem=1024mb
+#SBATCH --mem=1024M
 #SBATCH --cpu-per-task=8
 #SBATCH --mail-type=begin
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 </code>
-Now you just need to tell the cluster system that you want to run this job, but how you do that? pretty simple, you use the command qsub (short for queue submit) followed by the name of the script you just created. If you saved the previous example script as dummy.slurm in the current directory, you will want to launch this command from the shell:
+Now you just need to tell the cluster system that you want to run this job, but how you do that? pretty simple, you use the command sbatch (short for queue submit) followed by the name of the script you just created. If you saved the previous example script as dummy.slurm in the current directory, you will want to launch this command from the shell:
 <code>
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 After all this work, you just need to relax and wait until you receive the email messages from the queuing manager telling you about success or failure of your submissions.  At this point you return to the directory where the output files are saved and check the results.\\
-If you browse the the documentation we have on [[slurm|Batch Queuing System]] you'll find examples on how to use Matlab or Mathematica and some explanation about the directives and the commands available for the queuing system.
+If you browse the the documentation we have on [[1slurm|Batch Queuing System]] you'll find examples on how to use Matlab or Mathematica and some explanation about the directives and the commands available for the queuing system.