Flag Syntax

Description

Notes

--time=0-01:00:00

Requested walltime

--nodes=2

Number of nodes for job

Default=1

--job-name=myJob

Name of your job

Optional

--ntasks-per-node=2

Number of tasks to start on each node

Default=1

--mem=1gb

Memory requested or the job

--cpus-per-task=2

Number of cpu cores requested per task

Default=1

--mem-per-cpu=1gb

Memory to use per cpu core requested

For multi-cpu jobs

--account=someLab

Requests access to private account partition

Optional

--array=1-5

Used for job array tasks

Example: 5 array tasks numbered 1-5

--output=test.out

Specifies stdout file

Default is slurm.out

--partition=throughput

Requests specific SLURM node partition

Optional

--constraint=IB

Requests nodes with a particular feature

Optional

--mail-user=address

Specify the email address to send job status

Optional

--mail-type=ALL

Specify when to send job-related email

Must be used with --mail-user