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start_parallel_jobs_sc.py – Starts parallel jobs on Sun GridEngine queueing systems.

Description:

Starts multiple jobs in parallel on Sun GridEngine systems. This is designed to work with StarCluster EC2 instances, but may be applicable beyond there.

Usage: start_parallel_jobs_sc.py [options]

Input Arguments:

Note

[OPTIONAL]

-m, --make_jobs
Make the job files [default: None]
-s, --submit_jobs
Submit the job files [default: None]
-q, --queue_name
The queue to submit jobs to [default: all.q]

Output:

No output is created.

Job submission example:

Start each command listed in test_jobs.txt in parallel. The run ID for these jobs will be RUNID.

start_parallel_jobs_sc.py -ms test_jobs.txt RUNID

Queue specification example:

Submit the commands listed in test_jobs.txt to the specified queue.

start_parallel_jobs_sc.py -ms test_jobs.txt -q all.q RUNID

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