how do i get that back into my home directory.
I'm assuming you have NFS, since you said you did.Option 1: Submit your job in a particular subdirectory, tell the program to use the "current directory" for output, and the output will simply be there.
Option 2: If you're submitting lots of jobs, you can use the InitialDir option in your submit file to tell condor which subdirectory to run in.
i know how to redirect output into the file but i dont know how to instruct condor to place the resultant output file in a particular directory?
Condor doesn't place the output file anywhere: your application does. -alain