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| Runs an executable file. It is really intended to be used from within **sbatch** scripts. Used within a script, each invocation of **srun** starts a new **job step** (terminology you will see in the slurm documentation). | Runs an executable file. It is really intended to be used from within **sbatch** scripts. Used within a script, each invocation of **srun** starts a new **job step** (terminology you will see in the slurm documentation). | ||
| - | Runs the job in the foreground (and blocks unless you use “& | + | Used from a terminal, srun runs the job in the foreground (and blocks unless you use “& |
| - | If you use srun directly (in a login terminal) your job will end if you close your terminal, unless you redirect IO and **disown** the job. You can also use a " | + | If you use srun directly (in a login terminal) your job will end if you close your terminal |
| ==== Examples ==== | ==== Examples ==== | ||
| srun hostname | srun hostname | ||
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| - | srun -n3 hostname (runs 3 **tasks**: copies of the program specified, may run on the same node) | ||
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| - | srun -n20 hostname (runs 20 **tasks**, will run on multiple nodes) | ||
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| - | srun -N3 hostname (runs on 3 different nodes) | ||
| srun --pty bash -i | srun --pty bash -i | ||
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| * Will only run if there is a slot available on the node. | * Will only run if there is a slot available on the node. | ||
| + | srun -n3 hostname (runs 3 **tasks**: copies of the program specified, may run on the same node) | ||
| - | ==== Protecting against Hang-Ups ==== | + | srun -n30 hostname (runs 30 **tasks**, will run on multiple nodes since no node in that standard queue has as many as 30 cores) |
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| + | srun -N3 hostname (runs on 3 different nodes) | ||
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| + | ==== Protecting against | ||
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| disown | disown | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | But it's much better to use sbatch. | ||
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