HPC Trouble Shooting

The job is submitted and accepted, but the job finishes almost immediately.  The error file contains:

command not found /var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/#######.pbsserver.SC

and/or

No such file or directory

The PBS script file which is used to submit the job contains ^M (control M's), which is the dos version of a "end of line" character.  These ^M's cause the HPS Scheduler to not read the submission script file correctly.  This might occur if you cut and paste script code directly from a website site, or if the file was created or edited from a "Windows System".

If you execute the command cat –vet <PBS submission script filename> and you see ^M's in your file, this will be the cause of your issues.

To remove the ^M's in your script file, issue the following command:

dos2unix <filename>

This command will convert your file into a unix file format.