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 As most CHPC users will know, there is a limit on how long a job submitted to any queue on Lengau will be allowed to run for, as is specified in the user policy document. As most CHPC users will know, there is a limit on how long a job submitted to any queue on Lengau will be allowed to run for, as is specified in the user policy document.
 For instance, at present, jobs submitted to the normal queue cannot run for more than 48 hours. For instance, at present, jobs submitted to the normal queue cannot run for more than 48 hours.
 +In your script, you'd specify it something like this:
 +
 + **#PBS -l walltime=48:00:00**
  
 It might be tempting, therefore, to specify this for the maximum allowed walltime for the queue, and not worry about how long the job will actually run for. However, this is not actually a good idea and may waste your time by delaying the start of your jobs. It might be tempting, therefore, to specify this for the maximum allowed walltime for the queue, and not worry about how long the job will actually run for. However, this is not actually a good idea and may waste your time by delaying the start of your jobs.
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