[CIG-SHORT] stdout stderr of PBS parallel run

[Birendra jha]

Thank you Brad. Yes, with the help of our system admin I was able to locate these files at /var/lib/torque/spool/$PBS_JOBID.(ER|OU)
Problem solved.

regards
Birendra



--- On Mon, 3/18/13, Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov> wrote:

> From: Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
> Subject: Re: [CIG-SHORT] stdout stderr of PBS parallel run
> To: cig-short at geodynamics.org
> Date: Monday, March 18, 2013, 1:59 AM
> Birendra,
> 
> The existence of torque/spool is specific to using
> TORQUE/MAUI as the 
> PBS queue system. There are other versions of PBS. You
> should consult 
> your system administrator and/or the PBS documentation for
> your queue 
> system for details if you are not using TORQUE/MAUI.
> 
> If you are using TORQUE/MAUI, then I would expect you to be
> able to see 
> the operating system files, such as /usr, on a compute node.
> The 
> directory torque/spool could be in /usr/local or something
> like that 
> depending on how your admin setup the system.
> 
> You could run "find / -name spool" on a compute node to find
> all the 
> spool directories and see if any of them are associated with
> the PBS 
> queue system.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> On 3/17/13 1:19 PM, Birendra jha wrote:
> > I guess we don't have that utility on our system:
> >
> > [bjha at login twowaycoupled]$ qpeek -o 65848
> > qpeek: Command not found.
> >
> > Can I install it locally? Is there any other option?
> > I also couldn't locate /opt/torque folder. The only
> folder I can see in the compute node is scratch/ which does
> not have stdout.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Birendra
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 3/17/13, Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Brad Aagaard <baagaard at usgs.gov>
> >> Subject: Re: [CIG-SHORT] stdout stderr of PBS
> parallel run
> >> To: cig-short at geodynamics.org
> >> Date: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 11:49 PM
> >> Yes, use qpeek as Surendra
> >> suggested.
> >>
> >> The stdout and stderr files are usually stored
> locally on
> >> the compute
> >> node of process 0 in a directory like
> /opt/torque/spool.
> >> They are copied
> >> to the filenames specified in the job parameters
> when the
> >> job completes.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3/17/13 11:12 AM, surendra at caltech.edu
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Mar 17, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Birendra jha
> <bjha7333 at yahoo.com
> >>> <mailto:bjha7333 at yahoo.com>>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi
> >>>> When I run pylith in parallel using PBS
> queue
> >> system, the stdout.txt
> >>>> and stderr.txt are created in the run
> folder AFTER
> >> the run is over. I
> >>>> want to see these files during the
> simulation,
> >> especially stdout.txt.
> >>>> What option should I use in the
> pylithapp.cfg?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> You can use 'qpeek' to check .err and .out
> files before
> >> the completion
> >>> of a run.
> >>>
> >>>      qpeek -o <jobid>
> >>>      qpeek -e <jobid>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --Surendra
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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