R
Overview
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics developed by the R community. R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modeling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, …) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible.
Restrictions on use/License information
R is released under the GNU GPL v2.
There is no restriction on the number of simultaneously running programs on HTCondor.
Versions installed
| R version | HTCondor ClassAd |
|---|---|
| 3.2.4 | HAS_R_3_2 |
| 3.4.3 | HAS_R_3_4 |
| 3.5.3 | HAS_R_3_5_3 |
| 3.6.0 | HAS_R_3_6_0 |
| 4.0.2 | HAS_R_4_0_2 |
| 4.0.3 | HAS_R_4_0_3 |
| 4.0.4 | HAS_R_4_0_4 |
| 4.1.2 | HAS_R_4_1_2 |
Set up procedure on submit node
R can be enabled using the command:
module load R/<R version>
and then run using the command R.
Running the application
The following lines are the contents of a simple generic HTCondor submit text file for submitting an R job that does not require the installation of any additional R packages to HTCondor:
Universe = vanilla Requirements = (Target.Opsys == "LINUX" && Target.Arch == "X86_64" && <HTCondor ClassAd>=?=True) Request_Memory = 1000 Log = R.log Output = R.out Error = R.error Notification = Error Should_Transfer_Files = Yes When_To_Transfer_Output = ON_EXIT Executable = /opt/R-<R version>/bin/Rscript Transfer_Executable = False Arguments = --no-save <script>.R <input arguments> Transfer_Input_Files = <script>.R Queue
If your submit file is called submit.txt then your job can be submitted to HTCondor using the command condor_submit submit.txt.