qprep preliminary design notes

by MJG and JW:

2001 June

Biloxi, Mississippi

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1. command-line options
    qprep <scriptname> identifier=value -submit

2. script syntax
    a. queue system pseudo-comment directives
        i. #PSTQ identifier=value
        ii. #PSTQ native="stuff"

    b. PSTset special directive
        #PST BEGIN(command execution syntax)
          ja
          qsub $BATCHJOB  >& $batch.out
          ja
        #PST END(command execution syntax)

    c. lexicon (list of valid identifiers and valid values)
        ncpu=<integer>
        total_time=<hours[:minutes]>
        per_process_time=<hours[:minutes]>
        send_mail=<yes|no>
        stdout_filename=<string>
        stderr_filename=<string>
        rerun=<yes|no>
        queue=<queue_name_string>
        shell=<string>
        account=<string>
        user=<username_string>



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How to make perl scripts not need to know in advance the path to "perl"
executable, sort of.

#!/bin/sh
exec perl #\
$0 $*