diff --git a/src/miniq.py b/src/miniq.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Log jobs to be processed by the job processor.
+"""
+
+import os, json, pathlib, sys, time
+from settings import MINIQ_ROOT
+
+# Sub-dir for queued jobs with params
+QUEUED_JOBS = os.path.join(MINIQ_ROOT, 'queue')
+
+# Sub-dir for job definition files
+JOB_DEFS = os.path.join(MINIQ_ROOT, 'jobs')
+
+# Make sure we specified the job type
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print('Missing name of job to enqueue.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Get the job type and any arguments from the CLI
+_, job_name, *args = sys.argv
+
+data = {
+    'job': job_name,
+    'arguments': args,
+}
+
+# Make sure the job type is valid
+if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(JOB_DEFS, data['job'] + '.job')):
+    print('Invalid job type.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# This is the name of the file that will be written to the queued jobs
+file_name = str(time.time_ns()) + '.' + str(job_name) + '.json'
+
+# Write the job data to the queue file
+with open(os.path.join(QUEUED_JOBS, file_name), 'w') as out_file:
+    out_file.write(json.dumps(data))
+
+print('Queued ' + job_name + ' as ' + file_name)
diff --git a/src/process_jobs.py b/src/process_jobs.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Processes jobs queued by the miniq.py tool by searching the
+queued jobs directory for job instances that still need processing.
+"""
+
+import os, json, pathlib
+from settings import MINIQ_ROOT
+
+# Sub-dir for queued jobs with params
+QUEUED_JOBS = os.path.join(MINIQ_ROOT, 'queue')
+
+# Sub-dir for job definition files
+JOB_DEFS = os.path.join(MINIQ_ROOT, 'jobs')
+
+# Guarantee that the sub-dirs all exist
+pathlib.Path(QUEUED_JOBS).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+pathlib.Path(JOB_DEFS).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+
+def is_pending_job(file):
+    """
+    Returns true if the given file name is a pending job.
+    """
+    return os.path.isfile(os.path.join(QUEUED_JOBS, file)) and not file.startswith('processing')
+
+
+# List of pending job file names
+job_files = [f for f in os.listdir(QUEUED_JOBS) if is_pending_job(f)]
+
+# Rename the pending job files with "processing." so they only get run once
+for pending in job_files:
+    os.rename(os.path.join(QUEUED_JOBS, pending), os.path.join(QUEUED_JOBS, 'processing.' + pending))
+
+job_files = ['processing.' + f for f in job_files]
+
+for queued in job_files:
+    print('\nProcessing ' + queued + '...')
+
+    # Read the arguments and job name from the queue file JSON
+    with open(os.path.join(QUEUED_JOBS, queued)) as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+        args = ['"' + str(arg) + '"' for arg in data['arguments']]
+
+        # Execute the job definition file with the given arguments
+        command = os.path.join(JOB_DEFS, data['job'] + '.job') + ' ' + ' '.join(args)
+        os.system(command)
+
+    # Remove the job queue file
+    os.remove(os.path.join(QUEUED_JOBS, queued))
diff --git a/src/settings.py b/src/settings.py
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+import os
+
+# The root of the miniq queue files and job definitions
+MINIQ_ROOT = '/nfs/storage/miniq'
+
+if 'MINIQ_ROOT' in os.environ:
+    MINIQ_ROOT = os.environ['MINIQ_ROOT']