psom_submit.sh

#!/bin/bash

# NAME
#    psom_submit - submit a job and reports failure with tag files
#
# SYNOPSIS
#    psom_submit COMMAND FILE_FAILED FILE_EXIT FILE_OQSUB
#
# DESCRIPTION
#    This is a simple script to submit jobs (or execute any command, really) 
#    and generate empty tag files (as well as a warning) if the submission fails.
#    CMD is the command to execute
#    FILE_FAILED, FILE_EXIT and FLAG_OQSUB are the name of the tag files generated
#    in case of failure
#
# COPYRIGHT
#    Pierre Bellec, Departement d'informatique et de recherche operationnelle
#    Centre de recherche de l'institut de Geriatrie de Montreal
#    Universite de Montreal, 2012.
#    Maintainer : pierre.bellec@criugm.qc.ca
#    See licensing information in the code.

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echo Submitting the job with the following command:
echo $1
eval $1
CODE_EXIT=$?
if [ $CODE_EXIT -ne 0 ]
then
    echo The submission of the job failed.
    touch $2
    touch $3
    touch $4
    exit $CODE_EXIT
fi