Update SLURM instructions in fox

We no longer need to use srun to enter the allocated machine. Make sure
that the default allocation time is also specified.

Reviewed-by: Aleix Boné <abonerib@bsc.es>
This commit was merged in pull request #2.
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@@ -22,19 +22,16 @@ the detailed specifications:
## Access
To access the machine, request a SLURM session from [apex](/apex) using the `fox`
partition. If you need the machine for performance measurements, use an
exclusive reservation:
partition and set the time for the reservation (the default is 1 hour). If you
need the machine for performance measurements, use an exclusive reservation:
apex% salloc -p fox --exclusive
apex% salloc -p fox -t 02:00:00 --exclusive
fox%
Otherwise, specify the CPUs that you need so other users can also use the node
at the same time:
apex% salloc -p fox -c 8
Then use srun to execute an interactive shell:
apex% srun --pty $SHELL
apex% salloc -p fox -t 02:00:00 -c 8
fox%
Make sure you get all CPUs you expect: