title: SLURM / Sbatch creates many small output files
body: <p>I am running a pipeline on a SLURM-cluster, and for some reason a lot of smaller files (between 500 and 2000 bytes in size) named along the lines of <code>slurm-XXXXXX.out</code> (where <code>XXXXXX</code> is a number). I've tried to find out what these files are on the SLURM website, but I can't find any mention of them. I assume they are some sort of in-progress files that the system uses while parsing my pipeline?</p>
  
  <p>If it matters, the pipeline I'm running is using <code>snakemake</code>. I know I've seen these types of files before though, without <code>snakemake</code>, but I they weren't a big problem back then. I'm afraid that clearing the working directory of these files after each step of the workflow will interrupt in-progress steps, so I'm not doing anything with them at the moment.</p>
  
  <p>What are these files, and how can I suppress their output or, alternatively, delete them after their corresponding job is finished? Did I mess up my workflow somehow, and that's why they are created?</p>