QTASK(5)                   Grid Engine File Formats                   QTASK(5)



[1mNAME[0m
       qtask - file format of the qtask file.

[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
       A  [4mqtask[24m  file  defines which commands are submitted to Grid Engine for
       remote execution by [4mqtcsh[24m(1).  The [4mqtask[24m file  optionally  may  contain
       [4mqrsh[24m(1)  command-line  parameters.  These  parameters are passed to the
       [4mqrsh[24m(1) command being used by [4mqtcsh[24m to submit the commands.

       A cluster global [4mqtask[24m file defining cluster wide defaults and  a  user
       specific  [4mqtask[24m  file eventually overriding and enhancing those defini-
       tions   are   supported.   The   cluster   global   file   resides   at
       <sge_root>/<cell/common/qtask,  while  the  user  specific  file can be
       found at ~/.qtask. An exclamation mark preceding command definitions in
       the  cluster global can be used by the administrator to deny overriding
       of such commands by users.

[1mFORMAT[0m
       The principle format of the [4mqtask[24m file is that  of  a  tabulated  list.
       Each  line  starting  with a '#' character is a comment line. Each line
       despite comment lines defines a command to be started remotely.

       Definition starts with the command name that  must  match  exactly  the
       name  as typed in a [4mqtcsh[24m(1) command-line. Pathnames are not allowed in
       [4mqtask[24m files. Hence absolute or relative pathnames in [4mqtcsh[24m(1)  command-
       lines  always  lead  to local execution even if the commands itself are
       the same as defined in the [4mqtask[24m files.

       The command name can be followed by  an  arbitrary  number  of  [4mqrsh[24m(1)
       option arguments which are passed on to [4mqrsh[24m(1) by [4mqtcsh[24m(1).

       An  exclamation  mark prefixing the command in the cluster global [4mqtask[0m
       file prevents overriding by the user supplied [4mqtask[24m file.

[1mEXAMPLES[0m
       The following [4mqtask[24m file

              netscape -l a=sol-sparc64 -v DISPLAY=myhost:0
              grep -l h=filesurfer
              verilog -l veri_lic=1

       designates the applications netscape, grep and verilog for  interactive
       remote execution through Grid Engine. Netscape is requested to run only
       on Solaris64 architectures with the DISPLAY environment variable set to
       'myhost:0',  grep  only runs on the host named 'filesurfer' and verilog
       requests availability of a verilog license in  order  to  get  executed
       remotely.

[1mSEE ALSO[0m
       [4msge_intro[24m(1), [4mqtcsh[24m(1), [4mqrsh[24m(1).

[1mCOPYRIGHT[0m
       See [4msge_intro[24m(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.



GE 6.0                   $Date: 2005/03/30 14:31:37 $                 QTASK(5)
