Scheduler Command Comparison
User commands for the scheduler
Submit a job script to the queue
LSF: bsub < jobscript
Moab/Torque: qsub jobscript
View a running job
LSF: bpeek jobid
Moab/Torque: checkjob jobid
Delete Job from the queue
LSF: bkill jobid
Moab/Torque: qdel jobid
Check a running or pending job
LSF: bjobs jobid
Moab/Torque: checkjob jobid
Show the queue status
LSF: qstat -a or bjobs -r -u all
Moab: showq
Maui/Torque: showq
Modify a pending job
LSF: bmodify
Moab/Torque: qalter
Change a pending job’s queue
LSF: bmodify -q queue jobid
Moab/Torque: qmove queue jobid
Job script parameters
Number of Nodes
LSF: #BSUB -n <number>
Moab/Torque: #PBS -l nodes=<number>
Wallclock Time
LSF: #BSUB -w <hours:minutes>
Moab/Torque: #PBS -l walltime=<hours:minutes:seconds>
Wait on another job to exit before submitting
LSF: #BSUB -w “exit(jobid)”
Moab/Torque: #PBS -W depend=afterany:$jobid
Same as above but will only run if the job exits without error
LSF: #BSUB -w “done(jobid)”
Moab/Torque: #PBS -W depend=afterok:$jobid
Queue selection
LSF: #BSUB -q <queue>
Moab/Torque: #PBS -q <queue>
Job Name
LSF: #BSUB -J <name>
Moab/Torque: #PBS -N <name>
Output File
LSF: #BSUB -o <file>
Moab/Torque: #PBS -o <file>
Environment Variables
Hosts Job dispatched to
LSF: LSB_HOSTS
Maui/Torque: PBS_NODEFILE
Job ID
LSF: LSB_JOBID
Maui/Torque: PBS_JOBID
Job Name
LSF: LSB_JOBNAME
Maui/Torque: PBS_JOBNAME
Queue sbmitted to
LSF: LSB_QUEUE
Maui/Torque: PBS_O_QUEUE
Wheteher Interactive
LSF: LSB_INTERACTIVE
Maui/Torque: PBS_ENVIRONMENT
