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Viewing Job Output and Error Files

PowerPortal lets you browse your home directory and view job output files directly in the browser — no need to SSH into the cluster.

Opening the output viewer

  1. Go to the Jobs page and click a job row to open the detail panel.
  2. Click View Output or View Error.
  3. The file contents are displayed in a scrollable panel, showing the last 500 lines.

The output and error buttons are only shown for your own jobs. If you open another user's job detail (staff view), the buttons are not available.

File browser

The Working Directory, Output file, and Error file fields on the Submit Job form each have a folder icon next to them. Click it to open a Select Path browser that lets you navigate your home directory (folders and files, with file sizes shown) and pick a path instead of typing one manually.

Default output file locations

If you did not set a custom output path in the submission form, Slurm writes output to:

slurm-<jobid>.out

in the directory where the job was submitted from — typically your home directory. For array jobs the default is:

slurm-<jobid>_<taskid>.out

File not found?

  • The job may not have started yet (PENDING) — output files are created when the job begins running.
  • You may have set a custom output path that does not exist. Check the path in the job detail panel.
  • The file may be on a path not accessible from the web server. Contact HPC support if this is the case.
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