From 85b8db139a06d857340844e52e098177307c2d27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:43:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] descript how to get shell prompts in FAQ

---
 doc/html/faq.shtml | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/html/faq.shtml b/doc/html/faq.shtml
index 8372c38d1ce..f5b5abf8885 100644
--- a/doc/html/faq.shtml
+++ b/doc/html/faq.shtml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ job?</a></li>
 <li><a href="#orphan">Why do I have job steps when my job has already COMPLETED?</a></li>
 <li><a href="#multi_batch">How can I run a job within an existing job allocation?</a></li>
 <li><a href="#user_env">How does SLURM establish the environment for my job?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#prompt">How can I get shell prompts in interactive mode?</a></li>
 </ol>
 <h2>For Administrators</h2>
 <ol>
@@ -271,6 +272,12 @@ is executed are propagated to the spawned processes.
 The <i>~/.profile</i> and <i>~/.bashrc</i> scripts are not executed 
 as part of the process launch.</p>
 
+<p><a name="prompt"><b>13. How can I get shell prompts in interactive 
+mode?</b></a><br>
+<i>srun -u bash -i</i><br>
+Srun's <i>-u</i> option turns off buffering of stdout.
+Bash's <i>-i</i> option tells it to run in interactive mode (with prompts).
+
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>
 
 <h2>For Administrators</h2>
@@ -527,6 +534,6 @@ of <i>srun</i> serves a similar purpose.
 
 <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p>
 
-<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 2 March 2007</p>
+<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 15 March 2007</p>
 
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