Gets the standard input for the job from the specified file path, but allows you to modify or remove the input file before the job completes.
io
Do not use with the -i option.
Specify an absolute or relative path. The input file can be any type of file, though it is typically a shell script text file.
The special characters %J and %I are not valid with the -is option.
If the file exists on the execution host, LSF uses it. Otherwise, LSF attempts to copy the file from the submission host to the execution host. For the file copy to be successful, you must allow remote copy (rcp) access, or you must submit the job from a server host where RES is running. The file is copied from the submission host to a temporary file in the directory specified by the JOB_SPOOL_DIR parameter in lsb.params, or your $HOME/.lsbatch directory on the execution host. LSF removes this file when the job completes.
By default, the input file is spooled to LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name/lsf_indir. If the lsf_indir directory does not exist, LSF creates it before spooling the file. LSF removes the spooled file when the job completes. The -is option allows you to modify or remove the input file before the job completes. Removing or modifying the original input file does not affect the submitted job.
If JOB_SPOOL_DIR is specified, the -is option spools the input file to the specified directory and uses the spooled file as the input file for the job.
JOB_SPOOL_DIR can be any valid path up to a maximum length up to 4094 characters on UNIX and Linux or up to 255 characters for Windows.
JOB_SPOOL_DIR must be readable and writable by the job submission user, and it must be shared by the master host and the submission host. If the specified directory is not accessible or does not exist, bsub cannot write to the default directory LSB_SHAREDIR/cluster_name/lsf_indir and the job fails.