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186 Platform LSF Command Reference
If the parameter LSB_STDOUT_DIRECT in lsf.conf is set to Y or y, the standard
error output of a job is written to the file you specify as the job runs. If
LSB_STDOUT_DIRECT is not set, it is written to a temporary file and copied to
the specified file after the job finishes. LSB_STDOUT_DIRECT is not supported on
Windows.
If you use the special character
%J in the name of the error file, then %J is replaced
by the job ID of the job. If you use the special character
%I in the name of the error
file, then
%I is replaced by the index of the job in the array if the job is a member of
an array. Otherwise,
%I is replaced by 0 (zero).
If the current working directory is not accessible on the execution host after the job
starts, LSF writes the standard error output file to
/tmp/.
NOTE: The file path can contain up to 4094 characters for UNIX and Linux, or up to 255 characters
for Windows, including the directory, file name, and expanded values for %J (job_ID) and %I
(index_ID).
-eo error_file Specify a file path. Overwrites the standard error output of the job to the specified
file.
If the parameter LSB_STDOUT_DIRECT in
lsf.conf is set to Y or y, the standard
error output of a job is written to the file you specify as the job runs, which occurs
every time the job is submitted with the overwrite option, even if it is requeued
manually or by the system. If LSB_STDOUT_DIRECT is not set, it is written to a
temporary file and copied to the specified file after the job finishes.
LSB_STDOUT_DIRECT is not supported on Windows.
If you use the special character
%J in the name of the error file, then %J is replaced
by the job ID of the job. If you use the special character
%I in the name of the error
file, then
%I is replaced by the index of the job in the array if the job is a member of
an array. Otherwise,
%I is replaced by 0 (zero).
If the current working directory is not accessible on the execution host after the job
starts, LSF writes the standard error output file to
/tmp/.
NOTE: The file path can contain up to 4094 characters for UNIX and Linux, or up to 255 characters
for Windows, including the directory, file name, and expanded values for %J (job_ID) and %I
(index_ID).
-ext[sched] "external_scheduler_options"
Application-specific external scheduling options for the job.
To enable jobs to accept external scheduler options, set
LSF_ENABLE_EXTSCHEDULER=y in
lsf.conf.
You can abbreviate the
-extsched option to -ext.
You can specify only one type of external scheduler option in a single
-extsched
string.
For example, SGI IRIX hosts and AlphaServer SC hosts running RMS can exist in
the same cluster, but they accept different external scheduler options. Use external
scheduler options to define job requirements for either IRIX cpusets OR RMS, but
not both. Your job runs either on IRIX or RMS. If external scheduler options are not
defined, the job may run on IRIX but it does not run on an RMS host.