IDL<\/a> provides a dynamically typed visualization programming language and tools for data viz.<\/p>\n Version 8.6 is installed on the CSF.<\/p>\n IDL is licenced software. To use this software you will need to show you have a licence and be added to the Any permitted usage must adhere to the following license conditions:<\/p>\n Please contact its-ri-team@manchester.ac.uk<\/a> for more information about this software.<\/p>\n You can add the IDL software binaries to your $PATH by running <\/p>\n This will also set up the required licence paths.<\/p>\n The application is launched by issuing the command If you need to run the software for more than a few minutes using significant CPU or memory resources you should run it via a compute node.<\/p>\n Make sure you have loaded the modulefile. Then create a jobscript similar to the following:<\/p>\n Submit the job using <\/p>\n where Use the Please also consult the qrsh<\/a> documentation for more detailed instructions on interactive use of compute nodes.<\/p>\n IDL should only be run on a single node (shared memory parallelism)<\/p>\n Instructions coming soon.<\/em><\/p>\n Examples and help are available in Overview IDL provides a dynamically typed visualization programming language and tools for data viz. Version 8.6 is installed on the CSF. Restrictions on use IDL is licenced software. To use this software you will need to show you have a licence and be added to the idl Unix group. It is currently restricted to a specific research group. Any permitted usage must adhere to the following license conditions: IDL licences supplied under this agreement are.. Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4033,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions\/4033"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Restrictions on use<\/h2>\n
idl<\/code> Unix group. It is currently restricted to a specific research group.<\/p>\n\r\nIDL licences supplied under this agreement are solely used by researchers in astronomy\r\nand solar systems science (including Solar Terrestrial Physics) within the STFC remit.\r\n<\/pre>\n
Set up procedure<\/h2>\n
\r\nmodule load apps\/binapps\/idl\/8.6\r\n<\/pre>\n
Running the application<\/h2>\n
idl<\/code>.<\/p>\nSerial batch job<\/h3>\n
\r\n#!\/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -cwd\r\n#$ -V\r\n\r\n# -- the commands to be executed (programs to be run) :\r\n\r\nidl < test.pro<\/em>\r\n #\r\n # Change to be the name of your IDL input file\r\n<\/pre>\n
qsub myjobscript<\/pre>\n
myjobscript<\/em><\/code> is the name of your jobscript created above.<\/p>\nExample of an interactive IDL session<\/h3>\n
qrsh<\/code> command to request interactive compute resources:<\/p>\n\r\nqrsh -l inter -l short\r\n #\r\n # Wait until you have been logged in to a compute node. Then:\r\n\r\n# Set up to run IDL\r\nmodule load apps\/binapps\/idl\/8.6\r\n\r\n# Run idle interactive (will give you the
IDL<\/code> prompt)\r\nidl\r\n\r\n# Alternatively, supply an IDL input file\r\nidl < myscript.pro\r\n<\/pre>\nParallel Job Submission<\/h3>\n
Further info<\/h2>\n
$IDL_DIR\/examples<\/code> and $IDL_DIR\/help<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"