diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibC.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibC.java
index 17a15cd94..b01533ee6 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibC.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibC.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary;
 
 import com.sun.jna.*;
+import com.sun.jna.ptr.NativeLongByReference;
 
 /**
  * Sparse port of the Standard C Library libc -lc.
@@ -176,4 +177,20 @@ public class LibC {
         public NativeLong tv_sec;
         public NativeLong tv_usec;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The time() function returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time, without including leap seconds.  If an error occurs, time() returns the value (time_t)-1.
+     * The return value is also stored in *tloc, provided that t is non-null.
+     * @param t the value of time in seconds,  provided that t is non-null.
+     * @return the value of time in seconds
+     */
+    public static native NativeLong time(NativeLongByReference t);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the difference between two calendar times, (time1 - time0), expressed in seconds.
+     * @param time1 Time 1
+     * @param time0 Time 0
+     * @return the difference between two calendar times, (time1 - time0), expressed in seconds.
+     */
+    public static native double difftime(NativeLong time1, NativeLong time0);
 }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java
index e18986afb..34418541b 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/Utils.java
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ public class Utils {
             seqOut[i] = (byte)seqIn[i];
         }
         return seqOut;
-    }    
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isFlagSet(int value, int flag) {
+        return ((value & flag) == flag);
+    }
 }
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibCUnitTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibCUnitTest.java
index 1d88dd6af..6120bd211 100644
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibCUnitTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/clibrary/LibCUnitTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 package org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary;
 
+import com.sun.jna.NativeLong;
+import com.sun.jna.ptr.NativeLongByReference;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -40,4 +42,28 @@ public class LibCUnitTest extends BaseTest {
         Assert.assertEquals(LibC.unsetenv(testProperty), 0);
         Assert.assertEquals(LibC.getenv(testProperty), null);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDifftime() throws Exception {
+        // Pointer to hold the times
+        NativeLongByReference ref = new NativeLongByReference();
+
+        // time() returns -1 on error.
+        NativeLong err = new NativeLong(-1L);
+
+        LibC.time(ref);
+        NativeLong time0 = ref.getValue();
+        Assert.assertNotSame(time0, err, "Time 0 returned an error (-1).");
+
+        Thread.sleep(5000L);
+
+        LibC.time(ref);
+        NativeLong time1 = ref.getValue();
+        Assert.assertNotSame(time1, err, "Time 1 returned an error (-1).");
+
+        Assert.assertNotSame(time1, time0, "Time 1 returned same time as Time 0.");
+
+        double diff = LibC.difftime(time1, time0);
+        Assert.assertTrue(diff >= 5, "Time difference was not greater than 5 seconds: " + diff);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBatIntegrationTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBatIntegrationTest.java
index b20fc7ada..5c79bb140 100644
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBatIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/jna/lsf/v7_0_6/LibBatIntegrationTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.lsf.v7_0_6;
 
 import com.sun.jna.ptr.IntByReference;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.Utils;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public class LibBatIntegrationTest extends BaseTest {
 
         System.out.println("Waiting for job to run: " + jobId);
         int jobStatus = LibBat.JOB_STAT_PEND;
-        while (isSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_PEND) || isSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_RUN)) {
+        while (Utils.isFlagSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_PEND) || Utils.isFlagSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_RUN)) {
             Thread.sleep(30 * 1000L);
 
             int numJobs = LibBat.lsb_openjobinfo(jobId, null, null, null, null, LibBat.ALL_JOB);
@@ -92,15 +93,11 @@ public class LibBatIntegrationTest extends BaseTest {
                 LibBat.lsb_closejobinfo();
             }
         }
-        Assert.assertTrue(isSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_DONE), String.format("Unexpected job status: 0x%02x", jobStatus));
+        Assert.assertTrue(Utils.isFlagSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_DONE), String.format("Unexpected job status: 0x%02x", jobStatus));
 
         Assert.assertTrue(FileUtils.waitFor(outFile, 120), "File not found: " + outFile.getAbsolutePath());
         Assert.assertTrue(outFile.delete(), "Unable to delete " + outFile.getAbsolutePath());
         Assert.assertEquals(reply.queue, req.queue, "LSF reply queue does not match requested queue.");
         System.out.println("Validating that we reached the end of the test without exit.");
     }
-
-    private static boolean isSet(int value, int flag) {
-        return ((value & flag) == flag);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/scala/qscript/playground/fullCallingPipeline.q b/scala/qscript/playground/fullCallingPipeline.q
index df76a8f46..8d27254b5 100755
--- a/scala/qscript/playground/fullCallingPipeline.q
+++ b/scala/qscript/playground/fullCallingPipeline.q
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.function.scattergather.{GatherFunction, Cl
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.util.IOUtils
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.QScript
 import collection.JavaConversions._
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.exceptions.UserException
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.interval.IntervalUtils
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.yaml.YamlUtils
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.report.VE2ReportFactory.VE2TemplateType
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ class fullCallingPipeline extends QScript {
   @Input(doc="path to trigger track (for UnifiedGenotyper)", shortName="trigger", required=false)
   var trigger: File = _
 
-  @Input(doc="path to refseqTable (for GenomicAnnotator)", shortName="refseqTable")
+  // TODO: Fix command lines that pass -refseqTable
+  @Input(doc="path to refseqTable (for GenomicAnnotator) if not present in the YAML", shortName="refseqTable", required=false)
   var refseqTable: File = _
 
   @Input(doc="path to Picard FixMateInformation.jar.  See http://picard.sourceforge.net/ .", required=false)
@@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ class fullCallingPipeline extends QScript {
   //@Input(doc="Sequencing experiement type (for use by adpr)--Whole_Exome, Whole_Genome, or Hybrid_Selection")
   //var protocol: String = _
 
-  @Argument(doc="Job queue for large memory jobs (>4 to 16GB)", shortName="bigMemQueue", required=false)
+  // TODO: Fix command lines that pass -bigMemQueue
+  @Argument(doc="Unused", shortName="bigMemQueue", required=false)
   var big_mem_queue: String = _
 
   @Argument(doc="Job queue for short run jobs (<1hr)", shortName="shortJobQueue", required=false)
@@ -86,8 +89,10 @@ class fullCallingPipeline extends QScript {
         dbsnpType = "VCF"
       }
 
-
     val projectBase: String = qscript.pipeline.getProject.getName
+    // TODO: Fix command lines that pass -refseqTable
+    if (qscript.refseqTable != null)
+      qscript.pipeline.getProject.setRefseqTable(qscript.refseqTable)
     if (qscript.skip_cleaning) {
       //endToEnd(projectBase + ".uncleaned", "recalibrated", adprRscript, seq, expKind)
 
@@ -288,13 +293,12 @@ class fullCallingPipeline extends QScript {
     mergeIndels.rodBind = indelCallFiles
     mergeIndels.analysisName = base+"_MergeIndels"
     mergeIndels.memoryLimit = Some(4)
-    mergeIndels.jobQueue = qscript.big_mem_queue
 
     // 1b. genomically annotate SNPs -- no longer slow
     val annotated = new GenomicAnnotator with CommandLineGATKArgs
     annotated.jobOutputFile = new File(".queue/logs/SNPCalling/GenomicAnnotator.out")
     annotated.rodBind :+= RodBind("variant", "VCF", snps.out)
-    annotated.rodBind :+= RodBind("refseq", "AnnotatorInputTable", qscript.refseqTable)
+    annotated.rodBind :+= RodBind("refseq", "AnnotatorInputTable", qscript.pipeline.getProject.getRefseqTable)
     //annotated.rodBind :+= RodBind("dbsnp", "AnnotatorInputTable", qscript.dbsnpTable)
     annotated.out = swapExt("SnpCalls",snps.out,".vcf",".annotated.vcf")
     //annotated.select :+= "dbsnp.name,dbsnp.refUCSC,dbsnp.strand,dbsnp.observed,dbsnp.avHet"
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/QSettings.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/QSettings.scala
index b3dd6fb3c..3b420bf93 100644
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/QSettings.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/QSettings.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class QSettings {
   @Argument(fullName="temp_directory", shortName="tempDir", doc="Temp directory to pass to functions.", required=false)
   var tempDirectory = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))
 
+  @Argument(fullName="mount_directory", shortName="mountDir", doc="Extra directory to automount via 'cd <dir>' before running functions.", required=false)
+  var mountDirectories: Set[File] = Set.empty[File]
+
   @ArgumentCollection
   val emailSettings = new EmailSettings
 }
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/CommandLineJobRunner.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/CommandLineJobRunner.scala
index dffe89a1f..eda4ed92a 100755
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/CommandLineJobRunner.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/CommandLineJobRunner.scala
@@ -1,24 +1,45 @@
 package org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.engine
 
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.function.CommandLineFunction
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.util.IOUtils
 import java.io.File
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.util.{Logging, IOUtils}
 
 /**
  * Runs a command line function.
  */
-trait CommandLineJobRunner extends JobRunner[CommandLineFunction] {
+trait CommandLineJobRunner extends JobRunner[CommandLineFunction] with Logging {
   /** A generated exec shell script. */
   protected var exec: File = _
 
   /** Which directory to use for the job status files. */
   protected def jobStatusDir = function.jobTempDir
 
+  /** The last time the status returned unknown. */
+  protected var firstUnknownTime: Option[Long] = None
+
+  /** Amount of time the status can return unknown before giving up. */
+  protected val unknownStatusMaxSeconds = 5 * 60
+
+  /** Number of seconds for a non-normal exit status before we give up on expecting LSF to retry the function. */
+  protected val retryExpiredSeconds = 5 * 60
+
   /**
    * Writes the function command line to an exec file.
    */
   protected def writeExec() {
-    this.exec = IOUtils.writeTempFile(function.commandLine, ".exec", "", jobStatusDir)
+    var exec = new StringBuilder
+    
+    var dirs = function.mountDirectories
+    for (dir <- function.jobDirectories)
+      dirs += IOUtils.dirLevel(dir, 2)
+    if (dirs.size > 0) {
+      // prepend "cd '<dir_1>' [&& cd '<dir_n>']" to automount the directories.
+      exec.append(dirs.mkString("cd '", "' && cd '", "'"))
+      exec.append(" && cd '%s' && \\%n".format(function.commandDirectory))
+    }
+    exec.append(function.commandLine)
+
+    this.exec = IOUtils.writeTempFile(exec.toString, ".exec", "", jobStatusDir)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -29,17 +50,16 @@ trait CommandLineJobRunner extends JobRunner[CommandLineFunction] {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Builds a command line that can be run to force an automount of the directories.
-   * @param function Function to look jobDirectories.
-   * @return A "cd '<dir_1>' [&& cd '<dir_n>']" command.
+   * Outputs the last lines of the error logs.
    */
-  protected def mountCommand(function: CommandLineFunction) = {
-    var dirs = Set.empty[File]
-    for (dir <- function.jobDirectories)
-      dirs += IOUtils.dirLevel(dir, 2)
-    if (dirs.size > 0)
-      Some(dirs.mkString("cd '", "' && cd '", "'"))
-    else
-      None
+  protected def tailError() = {
+    val errorFile = functionErrorFile
+    if (IOUtils.waitFor(errorFile, 120)) {
+      val tailLines = IOUtils.tail(errorFile, 100)
+      val nl = "%n".format()
+      logger.error("Last %d lines of %s:%n%s".format(tailLines.size, errorFile, tailLines.mkString(nl)))
+    } else {
+      logger.error("Unable to access log file: %s".format(errorFile))
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/Lsf706JobRunner.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/Lsf706JobRunner.scala
index 7cc529cce..ddee2eba2 100644
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/Lsf706JobRunner.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/Lsf706JobRunner.scala
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.engine
 
 import java.io.File
-import com.sun.jna.Memory
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.function.CommandLineFunction
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.util._
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.QException
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.lsf.v7_0_6.{LibLsf, LibBat}
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.lsf.v7_0_6.LibBat.{signalBulkJobs, submitReply, submit}
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.Utils
+import com.sun.jna.{NativeLong, Memory}
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.jna.clibrary.LibC
+import java.util.Date
 
 /**
  * Runs jobs on an LSF compute cluster.
@@ -70,14 +73,6 @@ class Lsf706JobRunner(function: CommandLineFunction) extends LsfJobRunner(functi
       writeExec()
       request.command = "sh " + exec
 
-      writePreExec()
-      request.preExecCmd = "sh " + preExec
-      request.options |= LibBat.SUB_PRE_EXEC
-
-      writePostExec()
-      request.postExecCmd = "sh " + postExec
-      request.options3 |= LibBat.SUB3_POST_EXEC
-
       // Allow advanced users to update the request.
       updateJobRun(request)
 
@@ -98,7 +93,6 @@ class Lsf706JobRunner(function: CommandLineFunction) extends LsfJobRunner(functi
         if (jobId < 0)
           throw new QException(LibBat.lsb_sperror("Unable to submit job"))
       }, 1, 5, 10)
-      jobStatusPath = IOUtils.absolute(new File(jobStatusDir, "." + jobId)).toString
       logger.info("Submitted LSF job id: " + jobId)
     } catch {
       case e =>
@@ -113,6 +107,111 @@ class Lsf706JobRunner(function: CommandLineFunction) extends LsfJobRunner(functi
         logger.error("Error: " + bsubCommand, e)
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Updates and returns the status.
+   */
+  def status = {
+    try {
+      var jobStatus = LibBat.JOB_STAT_NULL
+      var exitStatus = 0
+      var exitInfo = 0
+      var endTime: NativeLong = null
+
+      LibBat.lsb_openjobinfo(jobId, null, null, null, null, LibBat.ALL_JOB)
+      try {
+        val jobInfo = LibBat.lsb_readjobinfo(null)
+        if (jobInfo == null) {
+          jobStatus = LibBat.JOB_STAT_UNKWN
+          exitStatus = 0
+          exitInfo = 0
+          endTime = null
+        } else {
+          jobStatus = jobInfo.status
+          exitStatus = jobInfo.exitStatus
+          exitInfo = jobInfo.exitInfo
+          endTime = jobInfo.endTime
+        }
+      } finally {
+        LibBat.lsb_closejobinfo()
+      }
+
+      logger.debug("Job Id %s status / exitStatus / exitInfo: 0x%02x / 0x%02x / 0x%02x".format(jobId, jobStatus, exitStatus, exitInfo))
+
+      if (Utils.isFlagSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_UNKWN)) {
+        val now = new Date().getTime
+
+        if (firstUnknownTime.isEmpty) {
+          firstUnknownTime = Some(now)
+          logger.debug("First unknown status for job id: " + jobId)
+        }
+
+        if ((firstUnknownTime.get - now) >= (unknownStatusMaxSeconds * 1000L)) {
+          // Unknown status has been returned for a while now.
+          runStatus = RunnerStatus.FAILED
+          try {
+            removeTemporaryFiles()
+            function.failOutputs.foreach(_.createNewFile())
+          } catch {
+            case _ => /* ignore errors in the error handler */
+          }
+          logger.error("Error: " + bsubCommand + ", unknown status for " + unknownStatusMaxSeconds + " seconds.")
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Reset the last time an unknown status was seen.
+        firstUnknownTime = None
+
+        if (Utils.isFlagSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_EXIT) && !willRetry(exitInfo, endTime)) {
+          // Exited function that (probably) won't be retried.
+          runStatus = RunnerStatus.FAILED
+          try {
+            removeTemporaryFiles()
+            function.failOutputs.foreach(_.createNewFile())
+          } catch {
+            case _ => /* ignore errors in the error handler */
+          }
+          logger.error("Error: " + bsubCommand)
+          tailError()
+        } else if (Utils.isFlagSet(jobStatus, LibBat.JOB_STAT_DONE)) {
+          // Done successfully.
+          removeTemporaryFiles()
+          function.doneOutputs.foreach(_.createNewFile())
+          runStatus = RunnerStatus.DONE
+          logger.info("Done: " + bsubCommand)
+        }
+      }
+    } catch {
+      case e =>
+        runStatus = RunnerStatus.FAILED
+        try {
+          removeTemporaryFiles()
+          function.failOutputs.foreach(_.createNewFile())
+          writeStackTrace(e)
+        } catch {
+          case _ => /* ignore errors in the exception handler */
+        }
+        logger.error("Error: " + bsubCommand, e)
+    }
+
+    runStatus
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if LSF is expected to retry running the function.
+   * @param exitInfo The reason the job exited.
+   * @param endTime THe time the job exited.
+   * @return true if LSF is expected to retry running the function.
+   */
+  private def willRetry(exitInfo: Int, endTime: NativeLong) = {
+    exitInfo match {
+      case LibBat.EXIT_NORMAL => false
+      case _ => {
+        val seconds = LibC.difftime(LibC.time(null), endTime)
+        (seconds <= retryExpiredSeconds)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 }
 
 object Lsf706JobRunner extends Logging {
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/LsfJobRunner.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/LsfJobRunner.scala
index 8275ac65d..fb937f2ab 100644
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/LsfJobRunner.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/engine/LsfJobRunner.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.engine
 
-import java.io.File
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.function.CommandLineFunction
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.util._
 
@@ -10,132 +9,9 @@ import org.broadinstitute.sting.queue.util._
 abstract class LsfJobRunner(val function: CommandLineFunction) extends CommandLineJobRunner with Logging {
   protected var runStatus: RunnerStatus.Value = _
 
+  /** Job Id of the currently executing job. */
   var jobId = -1L
 
-  /** A file to look for to validate that the function ran to completion. */
-  protected var jobStatusPath: String = _
-
-  /** A temporary job done file to let Queue know that the process ran successfully. */
-  private lazy val jobDoneFile = new File(jobStatusPath + ".done")
-
-  /** A temporary job done file to let Queue know that the process exited with an error. */
-  private lazy val jobFailFile = new File(jobStatusPath + ".fail")
-
-  /** A generated pre-exec shell script. */
-  protected var preExec: File = _
-
-  /** A generated post-exec shell script. */
-  protected var postExec: File = _
-
   // TODO: Full bsub command for debugging.
   protected def bsubCommand = "bsub " + function.commandLine
-
-  /**
-   * Updates and returns the status by looking for job status files.
-   * After the job status files are detected they are cleaned up from
-   * the file system and the status is cached.
-   *
-   * Note, these temporary job status files are currently different from the
-   * .done files used to determine if a file has been created successfully.
-   */
-  def status = {
-    try {
-      if (logger.isDebugEnabled) {
-        logger.debug("Done %s exists = %s".format(jobDoneFile, jobDoneFile.exists))
-        logger.debug("Fail %s exists = %s".format(jobFailFile, jobFailFile.exists))
-      }
-
-      if (jobFailFile.exists) {
-        removeTemporaryFiles()
-        runStatus = RunnerStatus.FAILED
-        logger.info("Error: " + bsubCommand)
-        tailError()
-      } else if (jobDoneFile.exists) {
-        removeTemporaryFiles()
-        runStatus = RunnerStatus.DONE
-        logger.info("Done: " + bsubCommand)
-      }
-    } catch {
-      case e =>
-        runStatus = RunnerStatus.FAILED
-        try {
-          removeTemporaryFiles()
-          function.failOutputs.foreach(_.createNewFile())
-          writeStackTrace(e)
-        } catch {
-          case _ => /* ignore errors in the exception handler */
-        }
-        logger.error("Error: " + bsubCommand, e)
-    }
-
-    runStatus
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Removes all temporary files used for this LSF job.
-   */
-  override def removeTemporaryFiles() = {
-    super.removeTemporaryFiles()
-    IOUtils.tryDelete(preExec)
-    IOUtils.tryDelete(postExec)
-    IOUtils.tryDelete(jobDoneFile)
-    IOUtils.tryDelete(jobFailFile)
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Outputs the last lines of the error logs.
-   */
-  protected def tailError() = {
-    val errorFile = functionErrorFile
-    if (IOUtils.waitFor(errorFile, 120)) {
-      val tailLines = IOUtils.tail(errorFile, 100)
-      val nl = "%n".format()
-      logger.error("Last %d lines of %s:%n%s".format(tailLines.size, errorFile, tailLines.mkString(nl)))
-    } else {
-      logger.error("Unable to access log file: %s".format(errorFile))
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Writes a pre-exec file to cleanup any status files and
-   * optionally mount any automount directories on the node.
-   */
-  protected def writePreExec() {
-    val preExec = new StringBuilder
-
-    preExec.append("rm -f '%s/'.$LSB_JOBID.done%n".format(jobStatusDir))
-    function.doneOutputs.foreach(file => preExec.append("rm -f '%s'%n".format(file)))
-    preExec.append("rm -f '%s/'.$LSB_JOBID.fail%n".format(jobStatusDir))
-    function.failOutputs.foreach(file => preExec.append("rm -f '%s'%n".format(file)))
-
-    mountCommand(function).foreach(command =>
-      preExec.append("%s%n".format(command)))
-
-    this.preExec = IOUtils.writeTempFile(preExec.toString, ".preExec", "", jobStatusDir)
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Writes a post-exec file to create the status files.
-   */
-  protected def writePostExec() {
-    val postExec = new StringBuilder
-
-    val touchDone = function.doneOutputs.map("touch '%s'%n".format(_)).mkString
-    val touchFail = function.failOutputs.map("touch '%s'%n".format(_)).mkString
-
-    postExec.append("""|
-  |if [ "${LSB_JOBPEND:-unset}" != "unset" ]; then
-  |  exit 0
-  |fi
-  |
-  |JOB_STAT_ROOT='%s/'.$LSB_JOBID
-  |if [ "$LSB_JOBEXIT_STAT" == "0" ]; then
-  |%stouch "$JOB_STAT_ROOT".done
-  |else
-  |%stouch "$JOB_STAT_ROOT".fail
-  |fi
-  |""".stripMargin.format(jobStatusDir, touchDone, touchFail))
-
-    this.postExec = IOUtils.writeTempFile(postExec.toString, ".postExec", "", jobStatusDir)
-  }
 }
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/CommandLineFunction.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/CommandLineFunction.scala
index 4d6d2734d..1e8ba68d0 100644
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/CommandLineFunction.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/CommandLineFunction.scala
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ trait CommandLineFunction extends QFunction with Logging {
   /** Upper memory limit */
   var memoryLimit: Option[Int] = None
 
-  /** Whether a job is restartable */
-  var jobRestartable = true
-
   /** Job project to run the command */
   var jobProject: String = _
 
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/QFunction.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/QFunction.scala
index ba7eb247f..b177353ab 100644
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/QFunction.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/function/QFunction.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ trait QFunction extends Logging {
   /** Temporary directory to write any files */
   var jobTempDir: File = null
 
+  /** Directories to mount via 'cd <dir>' before running the command. */
+  var mountDirectories: Set[File] = Set.empty[File]
+
   /** Order the function was added to the graph. */
   var addOrder: List[Int] = Nil
 
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ trait QFunction extends Logging {
    */
   var jobLimitSeconds: Option[Int] = None
 
+  /** Whether a job is restartable */
+  var jobRestartable = true
+
   /**
    * A callback for modifying the run.
    * NOTE: This function is for ADVANCED use only and is unsupported.
@@ -302,6 +308,8 @@ trait QFunction extends Logging {
     // Do not set the temp dir relative to the command directory
     jobTempDir = IOUtils.absolute(jobTempDir)
 
+    mountDirectories ++= qSettings.mountDirectories
+
     absoluteCommandDirectory()
   }
 
diff --git a/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/pipeline/FullCallingPipelineTest.scala b/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/pipeline/FullCallingPipelineTest.scala
index 6d3e4d63d..d334c44e9 100644
--- a/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/pipeline/FullCallingPipelineTest.scala
+++ b/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/pipeline/FullCallingPipelineTest.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
 
   private final val validationReportsDataLocation = "/humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/validationreports/submitted/"
 
+  // Explicit directories known to cause problems due to automount failures, and not detected by @Input / @Outputs
+  private final val mountDirectories = Set("/broad/software")
+
+  // In fullCallingPipeline.q VariantEval is always compared against 129.
+  // Until the newvarianteval is finalized which will allow java import of the prior results,
+  // we re-run VariantEval to validate the run, and replicate that behavior here.
+  private final val variantEvalDbsnpFile = new File(BaseTest.b37dbSNP129)
+
   val k1gChr20Dataset = {
     val dataset = newK1gDataset("Barcoded_1000G_WEx_chr20")
     dataset.pipeline.getProject.setIntervalList(new File(BaseTest.GATKDataLocation + "whole_exome_agilent_1.1_refseq_plus_3_boosters.Homo_sapiens_assembly19.targets.chr20.interval_list"))
@@ -42,7 +50,6 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
     dataset.validations :+= new DoubleValidation("eval.dbsnp.all.called.novel.titv.tiTvRatio", 3.0340)
 
     dataset.jobQueue = "gsa"
-    dataset.bigMemQueue = "gsa"
 
     dataset
   }
@@ -51,7 +58,8 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
     val project = new PipelineProject
     project.setName(projectName)
     project.setReferenceFile(new File(BaseTest.hg19Reference))
-    project.setDbsnpFile(new File(BaseTest.b37dbSNP129))
+    project.setDbsnpFile(new File(BaseTest.b37dbSNP132))
+    project.setRefseqTable(new File(BaseTest.hg19Refseq))
 
     val squid = "C426"
     val ids = List(
@@ -72,8 +80,6 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
 
     val dataset = new PipelineDataset
     dataset.pipeline = pipeline
-    dataset.refseq = BaseTest.hg19Refseq
-    dataset.targetTiTv = "3.0"
 
     dataset
   }
@@ -92,10 +98,10 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
     // Run the pipeline with the expected inputs.
     val currentDir = new File(".").getAbsolutePath
     var pipelineCommand = ("-retry 1 -S scala/qscript/playground/fullCallingPipeline.q" +
-            " -jobProject %s -Y %s -refseqTable %s" +
+            " -jobProject %s -Y %s" +
             " -tearScript %s/R/DataProcessingReport/GetTearsheetStats.R" +
             " --gatkjar %s/dist/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar")
-            .format(projectName, yamlFile, dataset.refseq, currentDir, currentDir)
+            .format(projectName, yamlFile, currentDir, currentDir)
 
     if (!dataset.runIndelRealigner) {
       pipelineCommand += " -skipCleaning"
@@ -105,8 +111,8 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
     if (dataset.jobQueue != null)
       pipelineCommand += " -jobQueue " + dataset.jobQueue
 
-    if (dataset.bigMemQueue != null)
-      pipelineCommand += " -bigMemQueue " + dataset.bigMemQueue
+    for (dir <- mountDirectories)
+      pipelineCommand += " -mountDir " + dir
 
     // Run the test, at least checking if the command compiles
     PipelineTest.executeTest(testName, pipelineCommand, null)
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
       var walkerCommand = ("-T VariantEval -R %s -D %s -B:eval,VCF %s" +
               " -E %s -reportType R -reportLocation %s -L %s")
               .format(
-        dataset.pipeline.getProject.getReferenceFile, dataset.pipeline.getProject.getDbsnpFile, handFilteredVcf,
+        dataset.pipeline.getProject.getReferenceFile, variantEvalDbsnpFile, handFilteredVcf,
         evalModules.mkString(" -E "), reportLocation, dataset.pipeline.getProject.getIntervalList)
 
       for (validation <- dataset.validations) {
@@ -143,11 +149,8 @@ class FullCallingPipelineTest extends BaseTest {
 
   class PipelineDataset(
           var pipeline: Pipeline = null,
-          var refseq: String = null,
-          var targetTiTv: String = null,
           var validations: List[PipelineValidation] = Nil,
           var jobQueue: String = null,
-          var bigMemQueue: String = null,
           var runIndelRealigner: Boolean = false) {
     override def toString = pipeline.getProject.getName
   }
diff --git a/shell/queue.sh b/shell/queue.sh
index 278137387..c34b920bb 100755
--- a/shell/queue.sh
+++ b/shell/queue.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ STING_HOME=/humgen/gsa-firehose2/pipeline/repositories/StingProduction
 REFSEQ_TABLE=/humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/Annotations/refseq/refGene-big-table-hg19.txt
 JOB_QUEUE=gsa
 SHORT_QUEUE=gsa
-BIG_QUEUE=gsa
 TMP_DIR=$PWD/tmp
 
 mkdir $PWD/tmp
@@ -15,4 +14,4 @@ use R-2.10
 use Oracle-full-client
 use .cx-oracle-5.0.2-python-2.6.5-oracle-full-client-11.1
 
-java -Djava.io.tmpdir="$TMP_DIR" -jar "$STING_HOME"/dist/Queue.jar -jobQueue "$JOB_QUEUE" -shortJobQueue "$SHORT_QUEUE" -bigMemQueue "$BIG_QUEUE" -jobProject "$SAMPLE_SET" -jobPrefix "$SAMPLE_SET" -tearScript ~/Sting/R/DataProcessingReport/GetTearsheetStats.R -S ~/Sting/scala/qscript/fullCallingPipeline.q -Y "$SAMPLE_SET".yaml -refseqTable "$REFSEQ_TABLE" --gatkjar "$STING_HOME"/dist/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar -log queue_log.txt -statusTo corin -bsub $2 
+java -Djava.io.tmpdir="$TMP_DIR" -jar "$STING_HOME"/dist/Queue.jar -jobQueue "$JOB_QUEUE" -shortJobQueue "$SHORT_QUEUE" -jobProject "$SAMPLE_SET" -jobPrefix "$SAMPLE_SET" -tearScript ~/Sting/R/DataProcessingReport/GetTearsheetStats.R -S ~/Sting/scala/qscript/fullCallingPipeline.q -Y "$SAMPLE_SET".yaml -refseqTable "$REFSEQ_TABLE" --gatkjar "$STING_HOME"/dist/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar -mountDir /broad/software -log queue_log.txt -statusTo corin -bsub $2