[slurm-users] Providing users with info on wait time vs. run time

Ole Holm Nielsen Ole.H.Nielsen at fysik.dtu.dk
Fri Sep 16 06:07:52 UTC 2022


Hi Hermann,

On 9/15/22 18:07, Hermann Schwärzler wrote:
>> Use the "smail" tool from the slurm-contribs RPM and set this in 
>> slurm.conf:
>>
>> MailProg=/usr/bin/smail
> 
> Maybe I am missing something but from what I can tell smail sends an email 
> and does *not* change or append to the .out file of a job...

Correct, smail sends usage information along with the other mail information:

$ grep SEFF /usr/bin/smail
SEFF=/usr/bin/seff
         $SEFF $jobid | $MAIL -s "$subject" $recipient


/Ole



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