# HG changeset patch
# User Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
# Date 1635174423 0
# Node ID bb24f94fe592ed51fbd7948f6726783a75ffbb75
# Parent  f0bee28995f162b88694f512f815ffbd2aa353eb
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diff -r f0bee28995f1 -r bb24f94fe592 masterJob.sh
--- a/masterJob.sh	Mon Oct 25 15:05:46 2021 +0000
+++ b/masterJob.sh	Mon Oct 25 15:07:03 2021 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Attempt at a master Master job
-# Usage: sbatch [--exclusive --nodes= --tasks-per-node= | -n ... -c ...] masterJob.sh taskName [args...]
+# Usage: sbatch [--exclusive] [--nodes=|-N] [--ntasks-per-node=] [--cpus-per-task|-c] masterJob.sh jobName [args...]
 #   Note that --exclusive is _not_ set by default
-#   Use -n n -c c for to launch n 'parallel ...' jobs each of which spawns c actual workers which
-#    divide up the job task file task file (see below) between them.
-# Implies that ~/taskName_{0..n}.txt or ~/taskName/{0..n}.txt contain the necessary parameterisation
+#   Use -N m -n n -c c for to launch n 'parallel ...' jobs on each of m nodes
+#      -c is redundant if --exclusive, otherwise gives
+#	 an estimate of how many threads each task could benefit from
+#   Each job runs bin/taskName.sh and must use a job task file (see below)
+#      between its tasks.
+# Implies that ~/jobName_{0..m}.txt or ~/jobName/{0..m}.txt 
+#    contain the necessary parameterisation for each node
 #SBATCH --time=01:00:00
 #SBATCH --partition=standard
 #SBATCH --qos=standard