| QTASK(5) | Grid Engine File Formats | QTASK(5) |
qtask - file format of the qtask file.
A qtask file defines which commands are submitted to Grid Engine for remote execution by qtcsh(1). The qtask file optionally may contain qrsh(1) command-line parameters. These parameters are passed to the qrsh(1) command being used by qtcsh to submit the commands.
Both a cluster global qtask file defining cluster wide defaults, and a user specific qtask file eventually overriding and enhancing those definitions, are supported. The cluster global file resides at <sge_root>/<cell/common/qtask, while the user specific file can be found at ~/.qtask. An exclamation mark preceding command definitions in the cluster global file can be used by the administrator to deny overriding of such commands by users.
The overall format of the qtask file is that of a tabulated list. Each line starting with a '#' character is a comment line. Each non-comment line defines a command to be started remotely.
Definition starts with the command name that must match exactly the name as typed in a qtcsh(1) command-line. Pathnames are not allowed in qtask files. Hence absolute or relative pathnames in qtcsh(1) command-lines always lead to local execution, even if the command itself is the same as defined in the qtask file.
The command name can be followed by an arbitrary number of qrsh(1) option arguments which are passed on to qrsh(1) by qtcsh(1).
An exclamation mark prefixing the command in the cluster global qtask file prevents overriding by the user supplied qtask file.
The following qtask file
firefox -l a=sol-sparc64 -v DISPLAY=myhost:0 grep -l h=filesurfer verilog -l veri_lic=1
designates the applications firefox, grep and verilog for interactive remote execution through Grid Engine. Firefox is requested to run only on Solaris64 architectures with the DISPLAY environment variable set to 'myhost:0', grep only runs on the host named 'filesurfer', and verilog requests availability of a verilog license in order to get executed remotely.
See sge_intro(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
| $Date: 2005-03-30 14:31:37 $ | SGE 8.1.3pre |