FAQ for UFRC (https://www.rc.ufl.edu/) users
posted on May 25, 2020


Author: Xinsong Du

1. Why are some commenly used python packages (e.g., numpy, pandas) are missing?

Commonly used packages have already been installed in UFRC, see https://help.rc.ufl.edu/doc/Python. However, python need to be loaded before using:

ml python
2. How to submit a job?
#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=nf_samples # You can change nf_samples to whatever name you want
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL # Use ALL or NONE
#SBATCH --mail-user=xinsongdu@ufl.edu # Change this to your own email address
#SBATCH --ntasks=20 # Number of CPUs you allocate to your task
#SBATCH --mem=200gb # Number of memory you allocate to your task
#SBATCH --account=djlemas # UFRC account name
#SBATCH --qos=djlemas-b # Which quota of the account you want to use
#SBATCH --time=20:00:00 # Maximum running time of the task
#SBATCH --output=nf_samples%j.log # Log file of the task, you can change nf_samples to whatever name you want
pwd; hostname; date

# load modules (use ml command to load modules you need)

# code (shell code you want to execute)

date
$ sbatch run.sh
3. How to submit a job with software container such as Docker and Singularity?