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     NAME
	  pbs_submit - submit a	batch job

     SYNOPSIS
	  #include <pbs_error.h>
	  #include <pbs_ifl.h>

	  char *pbs_submit(int connect,	struct attropl *attrib,
	  char *script,	char *destination, char	*extend)

     DESCRIPTION
	  Issue	a batch	request	to submit a new	batch job.

	  A Queue Job batch request is generated and sent to the
	  server over the connection specified by connect which	is the
	  return value of pbs_connect().  The job will be submitted to
	  the queue specified by destination.

	  The parameter, attrib, is a list of attropl structures which
	  is defined in	pbs_ifl.h as:

	      struct attrl {
		  char	 *name;
		  char	 *resource;
		  char	 *value;
		  struct attrl *next;
		  enum batch_op	op;
	      };

	  The attrib list is terminated	by the first entry where next
	  is a null pointer.

	  The name member points to a string which is the name of the
	  attribute.  The value	member points to a string which	is the
	  value	of the attribute.  The attribute names are defined in
	  pbs_ifl.h:

	       #define ATTR_a "Execution_Time"
		    Defines the	job's execution	time.

	       #define ATTR_A "Account_Name"
		    Defines the	account	string.

	       #define ATTR_c "Checkpoint"
		    Defines the	checkpoint interval.

	       #define ATTR_e "Error_Path"
		    Defines the	path name for the standard error of
		    the	job.

	       #define ATTR_g "Group_List"
		    Defines the	list of	group names under which	the
		    job	may execute.

	       #define ATTR_h "Hold_Types"
		    Defines the	hold types, the	only allowable value
		    string is "u".

	       #define ATTR_j "Join_Paths"
		    Defines whether standard error and standard	output
		    are	joined (merged).

	       #define ATTR_k "Keep_Files"
		    Defines which output of the	job is kept on the
		    execution host.

	       #define ATTR_l "Resource_List"
		    Defines a resource required	by the job.

	       #define ATTR_m "Mail_Points"
		    Defines the	points at which	the server will	send
		    mail about the job.

	       #define ATTR_M "Mail_Users"
		    Defines the	list of	users who would	receive	mail
		    about the job.

	       #define ATTR_N "Job_Name"
		    Defines the	job name.

	       #define ATTR_o "Output_Path"
		    Defines the	path name for the standard output of
		    the	job.

	       #define ATTR_p "Priority"
		    Defines the	priority of the	job.

	       #define ATTR_r "Rerunable"
		    Defines the	rerunable flag.

	       #define ATTR_S "Shell_Path_List"
		    Defines the	path to	the shell which	will interpret
		    the	job script.

	       #define ATTR_u "User_List"
		    Defines the	list of	user names under which the job
		    may	execute.

	       #define ATTR_v "Variable_List"
		    Defines the	list of	additional environment
		    variables which are	exported to the	job.

	       #define ATTR_depend "depend"
		    Defines the	inter-job dependencies.
	       #define ATTR_stagein "stagein"
		    Defines the	list of	files to be staged in prior to
		    job	execution.

	       #define ATTR_stageout "stageout"
		    Defines the	list of	files to be staged out after
		    job	execution.

	  If an	attribute is not named in the attrib array, the
	  default action will be taken.	 It will either	be assigned
	  the default value or will not	be passed with the job.	 The
	  action depends on the	attribute.  If attrib itself is	a null
	  pointer, then	the default action will	be taken for each
	  attribute.

	  Associated with an attribute of type ATTR_l (the letter ell)
	  is a resource	name indicated by resource in the attrl
	  structure.  All other	attribute types	should have a pointer
	  to a null string for resource.

	  The op member	is forced to a value of	SET by pbs_submit().

	  The parameter, script, is the	path name to the job script.
	  If the path name is relative,	it will	be expanded to the
	  processes current working directory.	If script is a null
	  pointer or the path name pointed to is specified as the null
	  string, no script is passed with the job.

	  The destination parameter specifies the destination for the
	  job.	It is specified	as:  [queue] If	destination is the
	  null string or the queue is not specified, the destination
	  will be the default queue at the connected server.

	  The parameter, extend, is reserved for implementation
	  defined extensions.

	  The return value is a	character string which is the
	  job_identifier assigned to the job by	the server.  The space
	  for the job_identifier string	is allocated by	pbs_submit()
	  and should be	released via a call to free() by the user when
	  no longer needed.

     SEE ALSO
	  qsub(1B) 

     DIAGNOSTICS
	  When the batch request generated by pbs_submit() function
	  has been completed successfully by a batch server, the
	  routine will return a	pointer	to a character string which is
	  the job identifier of	the submitted batch job.  Otherwise, a
	  null pointer is returned and the error code is set in
	  pbs_error.