    NAME
         sge_request - Grid Engine default  request  definition  file
         format

    DESCRIPTION
         sge_request reflects the  format  of  the  files  to  define
         default  request  profiles.  If  available,  default request
         files are read and processed during  job  submission  before
         any submit options embedded in the job script and before any
         options in the  qsub(1)  or  qsh(1)  command-line  are  con-
         sidered.  Thus, the command-line and embedded script options
         may overwrite the settings in the default request files (see
         qsub(1) or qsh(1) for details).

         There is a cluster global, a  user  private  and  a  working
         directory local default request definition file. The working
         directory local default request file has  the  highest  pre-
         cedence  and  is  followed  by the user private and then the
         cluster global default request file.

         Note, that the -clear option to qsub(1)  or  qsh(1)  can  be
         used  to  discard  any  previous  settings  at any time in a
         default request file, in the embedded script flags or  in  a
         qsub(1) or qsh(1) command-line option.

         The format of the default request definition files is:

         o  The default request files may contain an arbitrary number
            of  lines.   Blank lines and lines with a '#' sign in the
            first column are skipped.

         o  Each line not to  be  skipped  may  contain  any  qsub(1)
            option  as described in the Grid Engine Reference Manual.
            More than one option  per  line  is  allowed.  The  batch
            script  file and argument options to the batch script are
            not considered  as  qsub(1)  options  and  thus  are  not
            allowed in a default request file.

    EXAMPLES
         The following is a  simple  example  of  a  default  request
         definition file:

         =====================================================
         # Default Requests File

         # request group to be sun4 and a CPU-time of 5hr
         -l arch=sun4,s_cpu=5:0:0

         # don't restart the job in case of system crashes
         -r n
         =====================================================

         Having defined a default request definition file  like  this
         and submitting a job as follows:

         qsub test.sh

         would have precisely the same effect as if the job was  sub-
         mitted with:

         qsub -l arch=sun4,s_cpu=5:0:0 -r n test.sh

    FILES
         <sge_root>/<cell>/common/sge_request
                       global defaults file
         $HOME/.sge_request   user private defaults file
         $cwd/.sge_request    cwd directory defaults file

    SEE ALSO
         sge_intro(1), qsh(1), qsub(1), Grid Engine Installation  and
         Administration Guide

    COPYRIGHT
         See sge_intro(1) for a full statement of rights and  permis-
         sions.