Re: Is there a qsub option for stdout?

> I have been trying to find an option so that when I run
> qsub it returns the stdout rather than putting it in a file.
> I have tried the -z, -I, -k, -j, and none of these seem to
> be what I am after.  Any suggestions?  Am I missing
> something in the man file?

I assume that you want to be able to script something like this:

        qsub -I -l walltime=1:00:00,nodes=1:ppn=1 << EOF
        command_1
        command_2
        command_3
        EOF

You cannot do that, due to a limitation in the implementation.
You will get the error output:
        qsub:   standard input and output must be a terminal for 
               interactive job submission

Except for changing the implementation of 'qsub', I
suggest that you examine the tool 'expect' that is able
to automatically put commands into an interactive session
(as 'qsub -I'), so you can make command scripts and give them
to 'qsub' and still get all stdout output directly as stdout
rather than putting it in a file.

With the help of 'expect' you might be able to write a tool
that acts somewhat like what you are looking for.

BTW, I have answered similar questions previously:
http://www.supercluster.org/pipermail/torqueusers/2006-April/003598.html

Best regards,
-- Lennart Karlsson <Lennart.Karlsson@xxxxxxxxxx>
   National Supercomputer Centre in Linkoping, Sweden
   http://www.nsc.liu.se