We use the SPANK plugin found here https://github.com/hpc2n/spank-private-tmp
and find it works very well. ------ The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way." - Grace Hopper On 21 January 2017 at 03:15, John Hearns <john.hea...@xma.co.uk> wrote: > As I remember, in SGE and in PbsPro a job has a directory created for it > on the execution host which is a temporary directory, named with he jobid. > you can define int he batch system configuration where the root of these > directories is. > > On running srun env, the only TMPDIR I see is /tmp > I know - RTFM. I bet I haven't realised that this si easy to set up... > > Specifically I would like a temprary job directory which is > /local/$SLURM_JOBID > > I guess I can create this in the job then delete it, but it would be > cleaner if the batch system deleted it and didnt allow for failed jobs or > bad scripts leaving it on disk. > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Employees of > XMA Ltd are expressly required not to make defamatory statements and not to > infringe or authorise any infringement of copyright or any other legal > right by email communications. Any such communication is contrary to > company policy and outside the scope of the employment of the individual > concerned. The company will not accept any liability in respect of such > communication, and the employee responsible will be personally liable for > any damages or other liability arising. XMA Limited is registered in > England and Wales (registered no. 2051703). Registered Office: Wilford > Industrial Estate, Ruddington Lane, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7EP >