It would be possible that -D should be used with -Q?

If I don't use -Q, I think that all files are deleted. It could be possible?

I have also implemented -F and testing it. The -Q should strictly be for debugging. With -D (this PR) and -F (next PR coming once this is approved) we have full control:

1. If you are happy with producing single named products like job_00012.txt and job_0012.grd etc, then there are no changes. These products are moved up to the top dir when the jobs complete.
2. If your script is not relying on this naming and is doing something custom (like mine) then you use -D to avoid batch trying to consolidate files that are not there. batch cannot know if there should be files or not so this takes an option.
3. If your script wishes to name the products using the input -Ttimefile then you use -Ftemplate to do so. That adds more flexibility for batch jobs that do not just depend on a single parameter. -F can be combined with -D if you are writing the files to some custom place yourself.

With these changes I can write batch jobs that produces parameter files like this:

# Parameter file for job 2109
BATCH_DIR=EFLX3_2109
BATCH_NAME=E_obl_flex_G1.04_I2660_10.0k
BATCH_JOB=2109
BATCH_ITEM=2109
BATCH_COL0=1.04
BATCH_COL1=2660
BATCH_COL2=10

You will note I have introduced a new parameter called BATCH_DIR which basically replaces the old use of BATCH_NAME and BATCH_NAME is now exclusively used for product naming.