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+.TH SBCAST "1" "January 2006" "sbcast 1.1" "Slurm components"
+
+.SH "NAME"
+sbcast \- transmit a file to the nodes allocated to a SLURM job.
+
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+\fBsbcast\fR [\-CfpvV] SOURCE DEST 
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+\fBsbcast\fR is used to transmit a file to all nodes allocated 
+to the currenly active SLURM job.
+This command should only be executed from within a SLURM batch
+job or within the shell spawned after a SLURM job's resource 
+allocation. 
+\fBSOURCE\fR is the name of a file on the current node.
+\fBDEST\fR should be the fully qualified pathname for the 
+file copy to be created on each node. 
+This should be on a file system local to that node.
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.TP
+\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-compress\fR
+Compress the file being transmitted.
+.TP
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
+If the destination file already exists, replace it.
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\fR
+Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the 
+original file.
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
+Provide detailed event logging through program execution.
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Print version information and exit.
+
+.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" 
+.PP 
+Some \fBsbcast\fR options may be set via environment variables. 
+These environment variables, along with their corresponding options, 
+are listed below. (Note: Command line options will always override 
+these settings.)
+.TP 20
+\fBSBCAST_COMPRESS\fR
+\fB\-C, \-\-compress\fR
+.TP
+\fBSBCAST_FORCE\fR
+\fB\-f, \-\-force\fR
+.TP
+\fBSBCAST_PRESERVE\fR
+\fB\-p, \-\-preserve\fR
+
+.SH "EXAMPLE"
+
+Using a batch script, transmit local file \fBmy.prog\fR to 
+\fB/tmp/my.proc\fR on the local nodes and then execute it.
+
+.nf
+> cat my.job
+#!/bin/bash
+sbcast my.prog /tmp/my.prog
+srun my.prog
+
+> srun --nodes=8 --batch my.job
+srun: jobid 12345 submitted
+.fi
+
+.SH "COPYING"
+Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California.
+Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
+UCRL-CODE-217948.
+.LP
+This file is part of SLURM, a resource management program.
+For details, see <http://www.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/>.
+.LP
+SLURM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+.LP
+SLURM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+details.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+\fBsrun\fR(1)