Common PBS Options
| Option | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A | #PBS -A <account> | Causes the job time to be charged to <account>. The account string XXXYYY is typically composed of three letters followed by three digits and optionally followed by a subproject identifier. The utility showproj can be used to list your valid assigned project ID(s). This option is required by all jobs. |
| l | #PBS -l size=<cores> | Maximum number of compute cores. Must request an entire node. |
| #PBS -l walltime=<time> | Maximum wall-clock time. <time> is in the format HH:MM:SS. |
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| o | #PBS -o <name> | Writes standard output to <name> instead of <job script>.o$PBS_JOBID. $PBS_JOBID is an environment variable created by PBS that contains the PBS job identifier. |
| e | #PBS -e <name> | Writes standard error to <name> instead of <job script>.e$PBS_JOBID. |
| j | #PBS -j {oe,eo} | Combines standard output and standard error into the standard error file (eo) or the standard out file (oe). |
| m | #PBS -m a | Sends email to the submitter when the job aborts. |
| #PBS -m b | Sends email to the submitter when the job begins. | |
| #PBS -m e | Sends email to the submitter when the job ends. | |
| M | #PBS -M <address> | Specifies email address to use for -m options. |
| n | #PBS -N <name> | Sets the job name to <name> instead of the name of the job script. |
| S | #PBS -S <shell> | Sets the shell to interpret the job script. |
| q | #PBS -q <queue> | Directs the job to the specified queue.This option is not required to run in the general production queue. |
| V | #PBS -V | Exports all environment variables from the submitting shell into the batch shell. |
Further details and other PBS options may be found through the qsub man page.