Administering Platform LSF - SAS

File Spooling for Job Input, Output, and Command Files
Specifying a job command file (bsub -Zs)
Use the bsub -Zs command to spool a job command file to the directory
specified by the JOB_SPOOL_DIR parameter in lsb.params. LSF uses the
spooled file as the command file for the job.
Use the bmod -Zs command if you need to change the command file after the
job has been submitted. Changing the original input file does not affect the
submitted job. Use bmod -Zsn to cancel the last spooled command file and
use the original spooled file.
The bsub -Zs option is not supported for embedded job commands because
LSF is unable to determine the first command to be spooled in an embedded
job command.
About the job spooling directory (JOB_SPOOL_DIR)
If JOB_SPOOL_DIR is specified in lsb.params:
◆ The job input file for bsub -is is spooled to
JOB_SPOOL_DIR/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.
◆ The job command file for bsub -Zs is spooled to
JOB_SPOOL_DIR/lsf_cmddir. If the lsf_cmddir directory does not exist,
LSF creates it before spooling the file. LSF removes the spooled file when
the job completes.
The JOB_SPOOL_DIR directory should be a shared directory accessible from
the master host and the submission host. The directory must be readable and
writable by the job submission users.
Except for bsub -is and bsub -Zs, if JOB_SPOOL_DIR is not accessible or
does not exist, output is spooled to the default job output directory .lsbatch.
For bsub -is and bsub -Zs, JOB_SPOOL_DIR must be readable and writable
by the job submission user. If the specified directory is not accessible or does
not exist, bsub -is and bsub -Zs cannot write to the default directory and
the job will fail.
If JOB_SPOOL_DIR is not specified in lsb.params:
◆ The job input file for bsub -is 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.
◆ The job command file for bsub -Zs is spooled to
LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name/lsf_cmddir. If the lsf_cmddir
directory does not exist, LSF creates it before spooling the file. LSF removes
the spooled file when the job completes.
If you want to use job file spooling, but do not specify JOB_SPOOL_DIR, the
LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name directory must be readable and writable by
all the job submission users. If your site does not permit this, you must
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Administering Platform LSF