Command Reference Guide

Example

142 Platform LSF Command Reference

By default, -a gets the attachment file from the directory specified by the

JOB_ATTA_DIR parameter. If JOB_ATTA_DIR is not specified, job message

attachments are saved in

LSB_SHAREDIR/info/.

-i message_index Specifies the message index to be retrieved.

Default: 0

job_ID | "job_ID[index]" | -J job_name

Required. Specify the job to operate on.

-h Prints command usage to stderr and exits.

-V Prints LSF release version to stderr and exits.

Example

bpost -i 1 -d "step 1" -a step1.out 2500

bread -i 1 -a step2.in 2500

JOBID MSG_ID FROM POST_TIME DESCRIPTION

2500 1 user1 May 19 13:59 step 1

Displays the message description text step 1 for message index 1 of job 2500 and

copies the data in the file

step1.out attached to message 1 to the file step2.in.