Use the tarball with exercises

Goal

You can run the example files needed for the exercises
If any, you are able to navigate to the project folder
If needed, you are able to create a subfolder in the project folder

A tarball is a file that contains multiple files, similar to a zip file. To use the files it contains, it needs to be untarred/unzipped/uncompressed first.

Procedure

Prefer a video?

HPC cluster	Link to YouTube video
Alvis	Here
Bianca	Here
COSMOS	Here
Dardel	Here
Kebnekaise	Here
LUMI	Here
Rackham	Here
Tetralith	Here

Below are the steps to download and extract the files needed for exercises in the course.

Step 1/6: if there is a project folder, navigate to your project folder

This step only applies if your HPC cluster uses a project folder. Skip this step if your HPC cluster does not use project folders.

Forgot if your HPC cluster uses a project folder?

In that case, do the rest of this step. You’ll find out how to navigate to the right folder in the answers.

On your favorite HPC cluster, navigate to the project folder of this course. See NAISS projects overview for where these are.

Answer

In the terminal, type the following command:

HPC cluster	Course project
Alvis	None. Use `cd /mimer/NOBACKUP/groups/[your_project_code]`
Bianca	Use `cd /proj/[your_project_code]`
COSMOS	Use home folder (instead of a project folder): `cd ~`
Dardel	`cd /cfs/klemming/projects/snic/hpc-python-spring-naiss`
Kebnekaise	`cd /proj/nobackup/hpc-python-spring`
LUMI	None. Use `cd /project/[your_project_code]`
Rackham	`cd /proj/hpc-python-uppmax`
Tetralith	`cd /proj/hpc-python-spring-naiss/users/`

In general, how can I see which projects I have?

You can see your projects in SUPR.

For some screenshots, see the UPPMAX documentation.

Step 2/6: if there is a project folder, create a folder for yourself

This step only applies if your HPC cluster uses a project folder. Skip this step if your HPC cluster does not use project folders.

In the project folder of this course, create a folder for yourself. For example, if your name is Sven, create a folder called sven

Answer

In the terminal, type the following command:

mkdir sven

Step 3/6: if there is a project folder, navigate inside that folder

This step only applies if your HPC cluster uses a project folder. Skip this step if your HPC cluster does not use project folders.

From the project folder of this course, navigate inside your personal folder

Answer

In the terminal, type the following command:

cd sven

Step 4/6: get the tarball

In the terminal, in your personal folder, type the following command:

wget https://github.com/UPPMAX/HPC-python/raw/refs/heads/main/exercises.tar.gz

Step 5/6: Uncompress the tarball

In the terminal, in your personal folder, type the following command:

tar -xvzf exercises.tar.gz

Step 6/6: Navigate in the folder of that day

After decompressing, there is a folder called day2, or day3 or day4 that contains the exercises. Navigate into that folder.

Answer

In the terminal, type the following command for day 2:

cd day2