Overview
Xmgr (aka ACE/gr) is an interactive (X-Windows) 2D plotting tool. Note that Xmgr is no longer developed and has been superceeded by Grace. Users are encouraged to use Grace instead.
Version 4.1.2 is installed on the CSF.
Restrictions on use
There are no restrictions on using this software.
Set up procedure
To access the software you must first load the modulefile:
module load apps/intel-12.0/xmgr/4.1.2
Running the application
Please do not run Xmgr on the login node. Jobs should be submitted to the compute nodes via batch or, if wanting to use the application’s GUI then via qrsh (see below for examples).
Interactive GUI Usage via qrsh
To use the application’s GUI please run via qrsh. The following command will load one of the example plot files supplied with the application:
qrsh -l inter -l short -V -cwd xmgr $GR_HOME/examples/txyr.dat
#
# 'short' sessions last for 1 hour. Can also use 'twoday'.
Serial batch job submission
Make sure you have the modulefile loaded then create a batch submission script, for example:
#!/bin/bash
#$ -S /bin/bash
#$ -cwd
#$ -V
### No PE specified for a serial job
xmgr arg1 arg2 > out.log
Submit the jobscript using:
qsub scriptname
Further info
- Help files are available with
firefox $GR_HOME/doc/xmgr.html
- Xmgr website
Updates
None.
