HPC Trouble Shooting
The following outlines some of the potential issues with using CQUni's HPC Systems and provides some potential solutions or work arounds.
My PBS Job finishes almost immediately with an error
Indicator: | The job is submitted and accepted, but the job finishes almost immediately. The error file contains:
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Cause: | 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 |
Solution: | To remove the ^M's in your script file, issue the following command:
This command will convert your file into a unix file format. |