For the impatient

1. login to adagio or allegro
2. copy your data, if necessary (allegro home)
3. submit job
4. check job

$ ssh allegro  # or ssh adagio

$ MYSELF=$(whoami)
$ mkdir -p ~/myJob/bin 
# - - - on allegro copy data:
$ cp /nfs/home/mi/$MYSELF/mydata/bin/a.out ~/myJob/bin

$ cat >myJob/bin/submit.sh <<END
#!/bin/bash
#PBS -N myJob
#PBS -d /home/$MYSELF/myJob
#PBS -o myJob.out
#PBS -e myJob.err
#PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=1
#PBS -l pmem=7mb
#PBS -M $MYSELF@mi.fu-berlin.de

~/myJob/bin/a.out
END
$ qsub ~/myJob/bin/submit.sh

$ qstat