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What are options one can use with sbatch?

Some of the common options that one might use with sbatch are:

  • -J=<name-of-job> – Use <name-of-job> instead of the default job name which is the script file name.
  • -i=/path/to/dir/inputfilename – Use the “inputfilename” as input file for this job.
  • -o=/path/to/dir/outputfilename – Use the “outputfilename” as the output file for this job.
  • -e=/path/to/dir/errorfilename – Use the “errorfilename as the file name for errors encountered in this job.
  • -n=<number> – The number of tasks to run, also specifies number of slots needed.
  • –mem=<MB> – The total memory needed for the job, use if more than the default is needed
  • –mail-user=[email protected] – Send mail to your GMU email account
  • –mail-type=BEGIN,END – Send email before and  after end of job.

Read the man pages (man sbatch) for more sbatch options.