Quick Start

1. Verify the Daemon

If you installed with the script and did not use --skip-systemd, the daemon should already be running.

Check the basic commands:

sinfo
squeue
sacct

Typical first-run output:

• sinfo shows one row per configured partition
• squeue is empty
• sacct is empty

2. Submit a Simple Batch Job

sbatch --wrap 'echo hello from slotd'

Typical output:

Submitted batch job 1

3. Inspect the Queue

squeue

Typical output while a job is active:

JOBID | PARTITION | NAME | USER | ST | TIME | NODELIST(REASON)
1     | cpu       | wrap | ...  | R  | 0:00 | localhost

4. Inspect Completed Jobs

sacct

Typical output after the job finishes:

JobID | Partition | JobName | User | State     | ExitCode
1     | cpu       | wrap    | ...  | COMPLETED | 0:0

5. Show Detailed Job Information

scontrol show job 1

This shows:

• job identity
• job state and reason
• requested resources
• output paths
• working directory
• timestamps

6. Try an Interactive Run

srun --label --unbuffered -- echo hello

Typical output:

0: hello