-i

Categories

io

Conflicting options

Do not use with the -is option.

Description

Specify an absolute or relative path. The input file can be any type of file, though it is typically a shell script text file.

You can use the special characters %J and %I in the name of the input file. %J is replaced by the job ID. %I is replaced by the index of the job in the array, if the job is a member of an array, otherwise by 0 (zero).

If the file exists on the execution host, LSF uses it. Otherwise, LSF attempts to copy the file from the submission host to the execution host. For the file copy to be successful, you must allow remote copy (rcp) access, or you must submit the job from a server host where RES is running. The file is copied from the submission host to a temporary file in the directory specified by the JOB_SPOOL_DIR parameter in lsb.params, or your $HOME/.lsbatch directory on the execution host. LSF removes this file when the job completes.

By default, the input file is spooled to LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name/lsf_indir. If the lsf_indir directory does not exist, LSF creates it before spooling the file. LSF removes the spooled file when the job completes. Use the -is option if you need to modify or remove the input file before the job completes. Removing or modifying the original input file does not affect the submitted job.

JOB_SPOOL_DIR can be any valid path up to a maximum length up to 4094 characters on UNIX and Linux or up to 255 characters for Windows.

JOB_SPOOL_DIR must be readable and writable by the job submission user, and it must be shared by the management host and the submission host. If the specified directory is not accessible or does not exist, bsub cannot write to the default directory LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name/lsf_indir and the job fails.