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Some general information for Stata users.
* save in a script and submit to scheduler
#!/bin/bash rm -rf err out # relevant commands # find available hosts: bhosts # find queues: bqueues # submit job: bsub < run # jobs submmitted: bjobs #BSUB -q stata #BSUB -J test #BSUB -o out #BSUB -e err # use n cores (job slots) ... a license limitation of 6 #BSUB -n 6 # force using all on one node (hosts=1) or use the -x flag #BSUB -R "span[hosts=1]" # can stata-mp work across nodes? # it appears not so (only one out of 3 hosts ran stata-mp). # if so, raise the hosts=value or control # nr of processes per node with tile=value ####BSUB -R "span[ptile=2]" # scratch dirs MYSANSCRATCH=/sanscratch/$LSB_JOBID MYLOCALSCRATCH=/localscratch/$LSB_JOBID # required in 12 export PATH=/share/apps/stata/12:$PATH # alternate workdir, stage data and/or retrieve results # cd $MYSANSCRATCH # cp ~/stata/AllRegions2.dta ~/stata/nikkei1.dta . # /share/apps/stata/10/stata-mp -b do wagepan80_87 # assumes output is written back to home, else copy back # working in home dir /share/apps/stata/12/stata-mp -b do firm_analysis_cluster