Loading and Running Programs
Sometimes, it is desirable for a user to be granted more control over the use of a
resource. For instance, the user may want to run several jobs concurrently or use the
same nodes for a sequence of jobs. This functionality is supported by the command
allocate (see Page 5-3) which allows a user to allocate CPUs in a parallel partition to a
UNIX shell. These CPUs are used for subsequent parallel jobs started from this shell.
The CPUs remain allocated until the shell exits or a time limit expires (see Section 7.3
and Section 7.4.5).
Parallel Programs Under RMS 3-5