start_parallel_jobs.py – Starts multiple jobs in parallel on multicore or multiprocessor systems.¶
Description:
This script is designed to start multiple jobs in parallel on systems with no queueing system, for example a multiple processor or multiple core laptop/desktop machine. This also serves as an example ‘cluster_jobs’ which users can use as a template to define scripts to start parallel jobs in their environment.
Usage: start_parallel_jobs.py [options]
Input Arguments:
Note
[OPTIONAL]
- -m, --make_jobs
- Make the job files [default: None]
- -s, --submit_jobs
- Submit the job files [default: None]
Output:
No output is created.
Example:
Start each command listed in test_jobs.txt in parallel. The run ID for these jobs will be RUNID.
start_parallel_jobs.py -ms test_jobs.txt RUNID