Specifying the Working Directory

The working directory is where the remote command executes. If you use the -b option and the command creates any output, a file called stdout.coserver_num is created in the working directory.

If you use the -b option and the command creates any error messages, a file called stderr.coserver_num is created in the working directory.

File

Purpose

stdout.coserver_num

For output and completion messages

stderr.coserver_num

For error messages

The remote command executes in the home directory of the user by default. You can use the -d option to specify the remote directory where you want to execute the command.

You can use the -d option to specify a working directory on each node. If you use the -d option without a directory argument, xctl obtains the name of the current working directory.