Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello,

When I'm trying to send bsub job using script that executes fine in command line, I get nothing.

I do this for testing purposes, and the script scr_test is just one line:

Code:

pwd > outfile

So when I'm executing it in command line:

Code:

$ ./scr_test

it works fine producing the outfile with current directory path

When I'm submitting batch job:

Code:

$ bsub < ./scr_test

the job completes with no error message (DONE status) but no outfile is produced.

Another weird (at least to me) behavior is observed when I'm wrapping the script into batch script batch_test like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#BATCH -J jobname
./scr_test

and submitting it like this:

Code:

$bsub < batch_test

with bsub job crashing with EXIT status (and of course no outfile).

Any tips on how properly submit bsub job (or how batch script should look) are very appreciated.

The bsub utility does not appear to be supplied as part of a normal installation of any UNIX, Linux, or BSD based operating system. From a Google search, it appears that it is supplied on some university networks as a way to submit a job on one machine to run on some system on the same network as the system where the job is submitted.

On what system is the job you are submitting being run?

Have you looked for your output file in ALL of the possible directories mentioned in the bsub documentation where your job could have been run on every system on your network where the job might have been run?

Thank you for responding.

The system is Linux:

Code:

$  name -a
Linux XXXXX YYYYYY #1 SMP Tue Nov 3 16:12:36 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I checked log files, and it looks like the output is being saved in /tmp folder within a directory accessed by superuser only, so will check with them.

Thanks again.