[Users] Issues configuring SimFactory for PBS cluster (Hubble) - Jobs

[MAKINO Taiki]

Dear Einstein Toolkit Users,

I made some progress on this issue.

I copied the content of the hubble.sub to the Cactus/configs/sim/SubmitScript file and erased the following parts:

  *   #PBS -l filesystems=home:eagle:grand

  *   #PBS -l place=scatter

 It results in solving all of the problems which was written in my previous e-mail.

Also, I found the following behavior:

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When running ./simfactory/bin/sim create-submit <simulation name>, the sections for `submitscript = …` and `runscript = …` (which are specified in hubble.ini) are not referenced. (I confirmed this by replacing `submitscript=hubble.sub` with `submitscript=hoge.sub`, after which the simulation ran successfully.). It happens only these parts.
  *
But, if I wrote it such as following:

submitscript = …
runscript = …

     the error occurred.(I apologize you to forget to record its error message.)

Therefore, I have a question.

Why does SimFactory appear to use only the generated SubmitScript file instead of the 'submitscript = ...' and 'runscript = ...' entries in the machine .ini file? Is this the intended behavior, or could it be a bug?

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Best regards,


Taiki Makino

Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

makino.taiki.g6 at s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp<mailto:makino.taiki.g6 at s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp>


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件名: Issues configuring SimFactory for PBS cluster (Hubble) - Jobs

Dear Einstein Toolkit Users,

I previously sent the e-mail about the issues configuring SimFactory for PBS cluster a few days ago. In case it was overlooked or got lost, I am re-sending my message below.

I have prepared hubble.ini, .cfg, .sub, .run files and edited some lines in hubble.ini and hubble.sub based on your advice. (Hubble is my lab’s cluster.)

But some problems appear.

.out files exist under the Cactus directory and they are named ‘SubmitScript.o123456’ (where 123456 is the PBS job_id).


Also, when I checked my_simulation/SIMFACTORY/run/SubmitScript file inside the simulation output, I found that the its content was same as generic.sub.


Why is SimFactory ignoring my change to the submitscript option and still applying the generic script? Is there a command I need to run to force SimFactory to reload the updated .ini configuration?

Additionally, is there a documentation webpage that explains the variables enclosed in @ (like @JOB_ID@ or @SCRIPTFILE@)? I would like to know the full list of available placeholders.


I have attached the ‘SubmitScript' file and ‘generic.sub' file for your reference.

Thank you for your help.

Best regards,


Taiki Makino

Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

makino.taiki.g6 at s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp<mailto:makino.taiki.g6 at s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp>


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