The Job Database (JOB CONTROL IS DEPRECATED)

Information about each job is kept in the user’s job database. The database contains a record for each job. You can determine which jobs are in the database by using the Maestro Monitor panel or the command-line jobcontrol utility.

By default, this database is kept in the directory $HOME/.schrodinger/.jobdb2 on Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Schrodinger\.jobdb2 on Windows. If you want to change the location, you can set the environment variable SCHRODINGER_JOBDB2 to the desired location. You should set this environment variable globally, in your .bashrc or .cshrc file on Linux, and in your system properties on Windows, so that you are always using the same job database. If you set this environment variable locally, Job Control will not be able to locate your jobs and they might not finish. (See for information on setting environment variables.)

You must ensure that this database can be read and written by a job running on any host, either by making the directory directly available on the host, or by ensuring that the host has access to a host on which it is available by passwordless ssh. If a job does not have access to the database, it will not be updated.

Note: The job database format changed in Suite 2011, and is not compatible with previous releases. You must not set the job database directory to a location used for releases prior to Suite 2011.