[slurm-users] Job error when using --job-name=`basename $PWD`

[Verzelloni Fabio]

Hi Everyone, 
I'm experiencing a weird issue, when submitting a job like that:
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#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=`basename $PWD`
#SBATCH --ntasks=2
srun -n 2 hostname
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Output:
srun: error: Unable to create step for job 15387: More processors requested than permitted

If I submit a job like that:
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#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=myjob
#SBATCH --ntasks=2
srun -n 2 hostname
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Output:
Mynode-001
Mynode-001

If I decrease the number of task it works fine:
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#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=`basename $PWD`
#SBATCH --ntasks=1
srun -n 1 hostname
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Output:
Mynode-001

The slurm version is 18.08.8, is that a bug in slurm?

Thanks
Fabio

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