Gaussian Tutorial
Command | Description |
ls | list directories & files in current directory |
mkdir newDir | makes a new directory in the current directory |
cd .. | back up one directory |
cd myDirectory/ | open myDirectory |
nano file1 | opens file1 in nano editor |
Ctrl-o , Enter | In nano-saves edits |
Ctrl-X | Exits out of nano |
The "cd" command is used to move into and out of directories (folders). It's basically equivalent (in Windows Explorer) to clicking on a subfolder of the folder you are in (eg. "cd subfolder/") or hitting the back arrow to move out of a folder into the previous one (eg. "cd ..").
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MobaXterm can be freely downloaded here (use the Home Installer Edition): https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html​
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Open MobaX.
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Log in to Lawrence (refer to the following code).
[user.name@ ~]$ ssh User.Name@Lawrence.usd.eduWarning: Permanently added 'lawrence.usd.edu' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.User.Name@Lawrence.usd.edu's password:Last login: Wed Jan 9 13:14:19 2019 from 192.236.35.187Welcome to the Lawrence Supercomputer at the University of South Dakota!......​[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$
In MobaX, the file explorer/hierarchy is visible just to the left of the command line interface. Navigate into directories by clicking on them, and out of directories using the "parent directory" button.
Note: entering/exiting a directory in this area doesn't change your current directory in the command line (you'll still be in the same directory as before in the command line). Use the cd command to navigate directories in the command line.
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From this section of the MobaX window, you can drag and drop files between Lawrence and your PC as needed.
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Once your files are in the proper directories, they can be handled in the same way as the example input files are handled in this tutorial (excluding the steps of copying the example input files into their respective directories).
Open MobaX and log into Lawrence (see section "Getting Started").
Make a directory in your home directory, and navigate into it:
[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$ mkdir myInteractiveDir[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$ cd myInteractiveDir/[user.name@usd.local@login myInteractiveDir]$
Connect to a node.
[user.name@usd.local@login myInteractiveDir]$ srun --pty bash[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$
Copy the Gaussian test file into your myInteractiveDir directory.
[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ cp /opt/examples/Gaussian/test.com ./test.com[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ lstest.com
If these commands don't make sense, go to the top section: "Command Line Basics".
To see the Gaussian modules available:
[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ module avail gauss---------------------------- /act/modulefiles --------------------------------gaussian/09 gaussian/16
Load one of the Gaussian modules.
[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ module load gaussian/16[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ module listCurrently Loaded Modulefiles:1) gaussian/16
Run Gaussian with an input file:
[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ g16 <test.com >interactiveOutput.com[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$
To view the output, open "interactiveOutput.com" with nano or another editor.
[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ nano interactiveOutput.com
To get back out of nano, use the instructions at the bottom of the command line screen, or see "Command Line Basics".
Navigate out of "myInteractiveDir" into your home directory:
[user.name@usd.local@node56 myInteractiveDir]$ cd ..[user.name@usd.local@node56 ~]$
Exit the node.
[user.name@usd.local@node56 ~]$ exit[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$
If entering the tutorial at this point, open MobaX and log into Lawrence (see the second half of "Getting Started").
Make a directory in your home directory, and navigate into it:
[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$ mkdir myBatchDir[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$ cd myBatchDir[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$
If these commands don't make sense, go to the top section: "Command Line Basics".
Copy the Gaussian batch job template files into your myBatchDir directory.
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ cp -r /opt/examples/Gaussian/. ./[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ lsgaussianBatchTemplate.sh output.txt test.com
Open the file "gaussianBatchTemplate.sh" using nano (or another editor, if you prefer) and note the features described in the image below.
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ nano gaussianBatchTemplate.sh
Open the file "test.com" (you will have to exit viewing gaussianBatchTemplate.sh in nano to do this in the same terminal).
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ nano test.com
In the last line, "test.com" is the input file name and the slurm ID followed by ".out" is the output file name. Also note that the number of CPUs (ntasks) requested matches the %nprocshared (or %nprocs) in the input file.
--ntasks in batch file should equal %nprocshared in input file
Exit nano (Ctrl-x), then run the batch job:
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ sbatch gaussianBatchTemplate.shSubmitted batch job 12345[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$
Show the list of jobs running on Lawrence:
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ squeueJOBID PARTITION NAME USER ST TIME NODES NODELIST(REASON)12345 nodes gaussian user2 R 0:22 1 node4048469 nodes bash user1 R 3:04 1 node5648467 nodes bash user3 R 23:07 5 node[25-29]48458 nodes bash user4 R 23:41 1 node2148459 nodes bash user4 R 23:41 1 node2248460 nodes bash user4 R 23:41 1 node2448457 nodes bash user4 R 25:14 1 node1148449 nodes bash user4 R 25:18 1 node1348450 nodes bash user4 R 25:18 1 node17​
Show only your jobs:
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ squeue -u user.nameJOBID PARTITION NAME USER ST TIME NODES NODELIST(REASON)12345 nodes gaussian user.n R 2:34:52 1 node43
When your job is complete, it will not appear on squeue. To see the output of your job when completed, open the ".out" file.
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ nano 12345.out
To see how the job went, and look at any errors, open the slurm file.
[user.name@usd.local@login myBatchDir]$ nano slurm-12345.out
Note: the number 12345 in slurm-12345.out corresponds to the number of the batch job above.
If entering the tutorial at this point, open MobaX and log into Lawrence (for help, see the section "Getting Started").
Log into a node
[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$ srun --pty bash[user.name@usd.local@node51 ~]$
Load the Gaussian module:
[user.name@usd.local@node51 ~]$ module load gaussian/16[user.name@usd.local@node51 ~]$ module listCurrently Loaded Modulefiles:1) gaussian/16
Launch the Gaussian GUI:
[user.name@usd.local@node51 ~]$ srun gview
The GUI will open:
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