LSF Version 7.3 - Platform LSF Configuration Reference

Job submission and execution controls commands
Commands for submission
Command Description
bsub -a esub_application
[esub_application] …
Specifies one or more esub executables to run at job submission
For example, to specify the esub named esub.fluent, use bsub -a fluent
LSF runs any esub executables defined by LSB_ESUB_METHOD, followed
by the executable named "esub" if it exists in LSF_SERVERDIR, followed
by the esub executables specified by the -a option
LSF runs eexec if an executable file with that name exists in
LSF_SERVERDIR
brestart
Restarts a checkpointed job and runs the esub executables specified when
the job was submitted
LSF runs any esub executables defined by LSB_ESUB_METHOD, followed
by the executable named "esub" if it exists in LSF_SERVERDIR, followed
by the esub executables specified by the -a option
LSF runs eexec if an executable file with that name exists in
LSF_SERVERDIR
lsrun
Submits an interactive task; LSF runs eexec if an eexec executable exists
in LSF_SERVERDIR
LSF runs eexec only at task startup (LS_EXEC_T=START)
lsgrun
Submits an interactive task to run on a set of hosts; LSF runs eexec if an
eexec executable exists in LSF_SERVERDIR
LSF runs eexec only at task startup (LS_EXEC_T=START)
Commands to monitor
Not applicable: There are no commands to monitor the behavior of this feature.
Commands to control
Command
Description
bmod -a esub_application [esub_application] …
Resubmits a job and changes the esubs previously
associated with the job
LSF runs any esub executables defined by
LSB_ESUB_METHOD, followed by the executable
named "esub" if it exists in LSF_SERVERDIR,
followed by the esub executables specified by the -
a option of bmod
LSF runs eexec if an executable file with that name
exists in LSF_SERVERDIR
Feature: External job submission and execution controls
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