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=== Job Submission ===
=== Job Submission ===
Compute Canada clusters use the Slurm scheduler; for details about submitting jobs,  
Compute Canada clusters use the Slurm scheduler. For more about submitting and monitoring jobs,  
see [[Running jobs]].
see [[Running jobs]].


First step is to prepare a GAMESS input file containing the molecular geometry  
The first step is to prepare a GAMESS input file containing the molecular geometry and a specification of the calculation to be carried out.  Please refer to the GAMESS Documentation <ref name="gamess-docs">Documentation: http://www.msg.ameslab.gov/gamess/documentation.html</ref>
and run parameters.  Please refer to the GAMESS Documentation
and particularly Chapter 2 "Input Description"<ref name="gamess-input">Input Description (PDF): http://www.msg.ameslab.gov/gamess/GAMESS_Manual/input.pdf</ref> for a description the file format and keywords.
<ref name="gamess-docs">Documentation: http://www.msg.ameslab.gov/gamess/documentation.html</ref>
and particularly Chapter 2 "Input Description"<ref name="gamess-input">Input  
Description (PDF): http://www.msg.ameslab.gov/gamess/GAMESS_Manual/input.pdf</ref>
for a description the file format and keywords.


Besides your input file (in our example, "name.inp"), you have to prepare a job  
Besides your input file (in our example, "name.inp"), you have to prepare a job script to define the compute resources for the job. Input file and job script must be in the same directory.
script to define the compute resources for the job. Input file and job  
script must be in the same directory.


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export SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK
export SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK
## uncomment the following two lines to use network $SCRATCH
## Uncomment the following two lines to use network $SCRATCH
#export USRSCR="$SCRATCH/gamess_${SLURM_JOB_ID}/"
#export USRSCR="$SCRATCH/gamess_${SLURM_JOB_ID}/"
#mkdir -p $USRSCR
#mkdir -p $USRSCR


module load gamess-us/20170420-R1
module load gamess-us/20170420-R1
rungms name.inp  &>  name.out
rungms name.inp  &>  name.out
}}
}}
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