[slurm-users] Error when the stdout or stderror path does not exist

[Andrés Marín Díaz]

Hello,

When I redefine the stdout or stderror to files into a folder that does 
not exist the job fails instead of creating the folder

I do not know if it is the expected behavior and if so, if it can be 
changed (with some config parameter or environment variable).

I have another installation of slurm (although it is old and very 
different) in which if the folder of the output files does not exist it 
is created and the work continues.

I use the latest stable version of SLURM.
This is the jobfile:

    #!/bin/bash
    #SBATCH -n 1
    #SBATCH --output=tonton/%j.out
    echo "HELLO WORLD"

And these error messages in the node where the job runs:
    Mar 20 11:45:27 r1n101 slurmstepd[53842]: error: Could not open 
stdout file /tmp/tonton/1618.out: No such file or directory
    Mar 20 11:45:27 r1n101 slurmstepd[53842]: error: IO setup failed: 
No such file or directory
    Mar 20 11:45:27 r1n101 slurmstepd[53842]: job 1618 completed with 
slurm_rc = 0, job_rc = 256

Thanks.

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