The job archive is a file format used by Qube!'s tools both to store template information and to record a job's initial state. The Supervisor automatically creates an archive file when the job is submitted. However users are also allowed to create these files for use as templates for submitting similar jobs repeatedly. Some of the data recorded in the template archive files can then be overridden at submission time. The contents of a binary job archive file can be viewed with the standard Qube! tools while files in the XML format can be examined in any standard text editor.
Example
The command is archived to a file:
% qbsub –export file.qja sleep 10
The command is archived to an XML file:
% qbsub –export file.xja –xml sleep 10
Submit the file into queue:
% qbsub –import file.qja
Submit the file and replace the priority:
% qbsub –priority 10 –import file.qja
View the contents of the job archive file:
% qbarchive –long file.qja