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

[Marcus Boden]

Hi Fabio,

are you sure that command substition works in the #SBATCH part of the
jobscript? I don't think that slurm actally evaluates that, though I
might be wrong.

It seems like the #SBATCH after the --job-name line are not evaluated
anymore, therefore you can't start srun with two tasks (since slurm only
allocates one).

Best regards,
Marcus

On 19-07-29 05:51, Verzelloni  Fabio wrote:
> Hi Everyone, 
> I'm experiencing a weird issue, when submitting a job like that:
> -------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
> #SBATCH --job-name=`basename $PWD`
> #SBATCH --ntasks=2
> srun -n 2 hostname
> -------------------------
> Output:
> srun: error: Unable to create step for job 15387: More processors requested than permitted
> 
> If I submit a job like that:
> -------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
> #SBATCH --job-name=myjob
> #SBATCH --ntasks=2
> srun -n 2 hostname
> -------------------------
> Output:
> Mynode-001
> Mynode-001
> 
> If I decrease the number of task it works fine:
> -------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
> #SBATCH --job-name=`basename $PWD`
> #SBATCH --ntasks=1
> srun -n 1 hostname
> -------------------------
> Output:
> Mynode-001
> 
> The slurm version is 18.08.8, is that a bug in slurm?
> 
> Thanks
> Fabio
> 
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> - Fabio Verzelloni - CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre
> via Trevano 131 - 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
> Tel: +41 (0)91 610 82 04
>  
> 

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