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parallel-slurm/examples/script_that_sometimes_fails.sh
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#!/bin/bash | |
seed=$SLURM_JOB_ID | |
ID=$1 | |
prng () { | |
# Use the linear conguential generator algorithm: | |
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation#Computational_methods | |
# | |
# We seed b with the SLURM_JOB_ID so that we independently have | |
# the same seed for all tasks for a given job. | |
x_n=0 | |
a=1 | |
b=$seed | |
m=$SLURM_NTASKS | |
# Workaround bug# 4 | |
if (( b % m == 0 )) | |
then | |
b+=1 | |
fi | |
# Recur as many times as the task id to generate different numbers | |
# for each SLURM task. | |
for i in $(seq 1 $ID) | |
do | |
x_n=$(( $(( a * $((x_n + b)) )) % m)) | |
done | |
echo $x_n | |
} | |
main () { | |
# Randomly fail half of the tasks. | |
random_int=$(prng) | |
echo -n "Task $ID started (seed $seed, random number $random_int) ... " | |
sleep "$random_int" | |
if (( $random_int % 4 == 0 )) | |
then | |
echo "succeeded!" | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
echo "failed!" | |
exit 1 | |
} | |
[ "$0" != "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" ] || main "$@" |