Options

Options related to command names and job names can contain up to 4094 characters for UNIX and Linux, or up to 255 characters for Windows.

Options for the following resource usage limits are specified in KB:

◆Core limit (-C)

◆Memory limit (-M)

◆Stack limit (-S)

◆Swap limit (-v)

Use LSF_UNIT_FOR_LIMITS in lsf.conf to specify a larger unit for the limit (MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB).

If fairshare is defined and you belong to multiple user groups, the job is scheduled under the user group that allows the quickest dispatch.

The job is not checkpointable.

bsub automatically selects an appropriate queue. If you defined a default queue list by setting LSB_DEFAULTQUEUE environment variable, the queue is selected from your list. If LSB_DEFAULTQUEUE is not defined, the queue is selected from the system default queue list specified by the LSF administrator with the DEFAULT_QUEUE parameter in lsb.params.

LSF tries to obtain resource requirement information for the job from the remote task list that is maintained by the load sharing library. If the job is not listed in the remote task list, the default resource requirement is to run the job on a host or hosts that are of the same host type as the submission host.

bsub assumes only one processor is requested.

bsub does not start a login shell but runs the job file under the execution environment from which the job was submitted.

The input file for the batch job is /dev/null (no input).

bsub sends mail to you when the job is done. The default destination is defined by LSB_MAILTO in lsf.conf. The mail message includes the job report, the job output (if any), and the error message (if any).

bsub charges the job to the default project. The default project is the project you define by setting the environment variable LSB_DEFAULTPROJECT. If you do not set LSB_DEFAULTPROJECT, the default project is the project specified by the LSF administrator with DEFAULT_PROJECT parameter in lsb.params. If DEFAULT_PROJECT is not defined, then LSF uses default as the default project name.

Options

-BSends mail to you when the job is dispatched and begins execution.

-HHolds the job in the PSUSP state when the job is submitted. The job is not scheduled until you tell the system to resume the job (see bresume(1)).

-I -Ip -IsSubmits a batch interactive job. A new job cannot be submitted until the interactive job is completed or terminated.

Sends the job’s standard output (or standard error) to the terminal. Does not send mail to you when the job is done unless you specify the -Noption.

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