the stdout/err files get created there rather than the submit 
directory.

   input, output and error files are in that directory rather than the 
   directory from which the command is executed

with an updated OS

    user, not as root.

 to "-P" (continue to accept "-d", but change the documentation).

avoid sorting the BGL agent queue, just put TERM_OP at the head and START_OP and the end of the queue

Some variables were being read as the wrong data type
(e.g. rss as an int intead of long int) which caused
problems on some systems.