Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/clusters/generic.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/clusters/generic.m	(revision 17051)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/clusters/generic.m	(revision 17052)
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
 		valgrindlib=[issmdir() '/externalpackages/valgrind/install/lib/libmpidebug.so'];
 		valgrindsup=[issmdir() '/externalpackages/valgrind/issm.supp'];
+		verbose=1;
 		%}}}
 	end
@@ -50,4 +51,5 @@
 			disp(sprintf('    valgrindlib: %s',cluster.valgrindlib));
 			disp(sprintf('    valgrindsup: %s',cluster.valgrindsup));
+			disp(sprintf('    verbose: %s',cluster.verbose));
 		end
 		%}}}
@@ -192,8 +194,8 @@
 				system(compressstring);
 
-				disp('uploading input file and queueing script');
+				if cluster.verbose, disp('uploading input file and queueing script'); end
 				issmscpout(cluster.name,cluster.executionpath,cluster.login,cluster.port,{[dirname '.tar.gz']});
 
-				disp('launching solution sequence on remote cluster');
+				if cluster.verbose, disp('launching solution sequence on remote cluster'); end
 				launchcommand=['source ' cluster.etcpath '/environment.sh && cd ' cluster.executionpath ' && rm -rf ./' dirname ' && mkdir ' dirname ...
 					' && cd ' dirname ' && mv ../' dirname '.tar.gz ./ && tar -zxf ' dirname '.tar.gz  && source  ' modelname '.queue '];