Platform LSF Reference Version 6.2
About This Guide
Platform LSF Reference
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About This Guide
Last update
March 1 2006
Latest version www.platform.com/Support/Documentation.htm
Purpose of this guide
This guide provides reference information for the Platform LSF
®
software (“LSF”). It
covers the following topics:
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LSF commands
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Environment variables
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Configuration files
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Troubleshooting
Who should use this guide
This guide accompanies Administering Platform LSF, and is your source for reference
information.
Typographical conventions
Command notation
Typeface Meaning Example
Courier The names of on-screen computer output, commands, files, and
directories
The lsid command
Bold Courier What you type, exactly as shown Type cd /bin
Italics
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Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized
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Command-line place holders—replace with a real name or value
The queue specified by
queue_name
Bold Sans Serif
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Names of GUI elements that you manipulate
Click
OK
Notation Meaning Example
Quotes " or ' Must be entered exactly as shown "job_ID[index_list]"
Commas , Must be entered exactly as shown -C time0,time1
Ellipsis … The argument before the ellipsis can be repeated.
Do not enter the ellipsis.
job_ID ...
lower case italics The argument must be replaced with a real value
you provide.
job_ID
OR bar | You must enter one of the items separated by the
bar. You cannot enter more than one item, Do
not enter the bar.
[-h | -V]
Parenthesis ( ) Must be entered exactly as shown -X "exception_cond([params])::action] ...
Option or variable in
square brackets [ ]
The argument within the brackets is optional. Do
not enter the brackets.
lsid [-h]
Shell prompts
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C shell: %
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Bourne shell and Korn shell: $
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root account: #
Unless otherwise noted, the C shell prompt is
used in all command examples
% cd /bin