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Daily use steps

Stanford Sherlock - Daily use steps

1. Get started for the day

  1. Open the Windows Server Linux WSL
  2. Clone your working folder

sshfs -o allow_other bastudil@login.sherlock.stanford.edu:./ ~/sherlock_home
3. Clone your scratch folder

sshfs -o allow_other bastudil@login.sherlock.stanford.edu:/scratch/users/bastudil/ ~/sherlock_scratch
4. Log into your account

ssh bastudil@login.sherlock.stanford.edu
5. Your now should be in a login node

Use the login node to send sbatch commands (e.g., sbash mybash.sh) but not to run computing scripts (e.g., don't do python run.py)

2. Log into a computing node and run your app

Now you are ready to submit your jobs. See a more detailed explanaiton on:

  • Example 1. Run a python script in the cluster: here
  • Example 2. Run a python script in parallel: here