Hi,

Am 27.01.2012 um 20:49 schrieb Lane Schwartz:

> I have encountered a problem where sometimes (but not always) my jobs
> ignore the -cwd or -wd flags and run in my home directory instead of
> the specified working directory. I can run the same job multiple times
> launching from the same directory, and sometimes the job correctly
> runs from the current directory, and sometimes it runs from my home
> directory.
> 
> Interestingly, though, it always outputs the stderr and stdout log
> files into the correct folder (specified by -o and -e) which is in the
> current directory.

does it happen on specific hosts only?

-- Reuti


> To help debug the problem, I made a sample script that simply calls
> pwd. The script is below:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> # Tell SGE to use bash instead of the SGE default shell
> #$ -S /bin/bash
> 
> # Tell SGE to keep all current environment variables
> #$ -V
> 
> # Tell SGE to run job from current working directory
> #$ -cwd
> 
> # Tell SGE which queue to use
> #$ -q all.q
> 
> # Tell SGE the name of this job
> #$ -N fr-en.mert
> 
> # Tell SGE where to log this job
> #$ -o log/mert/fr-en/
> #$ -e log/mert/fr-en/
> 
> # Tell SGE how much memory this job needs
> #$ -l mem_free=8G
> 
> echo "pwd=`pwd`"
> echo "PWD=$PWD"
> 
> 
> 
> I'm running OGS/GE2011.11. I also have another setup with SGE/ge6.2u6
> - on that older setup this problem does not occur.
> 
> Has anyone ever seen this type of problem? If I change the script to
> use -wd /path/to/current/dir instead of -cwd I get exactly the same
> inconsistent behavior. Likewise, it doesn't appear to matter whether I
> pass the flag at the command line or within the script, as above.
> 
> Are there any grid engine or scheduler log files that I could examine
> which might be helpful in tracking down this behavior?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lane Schwartz
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