condor_ wait

Wait for jobs to finish

Synopsis

condor_ wait [-help | -version]

condor_ wait [-help | -version] [-debug] [-wait seconds] log-file [job-number]

Description

condor_ wait watches a user log file (created with the log option in the submit file) and returns when a specific job (or all jobs mentioned in the log) have completed or aborted.

Because condor_ wait expects to find at least a ``job submitted'' event in the log file, the job must have been successfully submitted with condor_ submit before you run condor_ wait.

condor_ wait will wait forever for a job to finish, unless you specify a shorter waiting time.

Options

-help

Display usage information

-version

Display version information

-debug

Show extra debugging information.

-wait seconds

Wait no more than this time. The default is unlimited time.

log file

The log file to watch for information about the job.

job number

A specific job to watch. If this option is not specified, all jobs that exist in the file when condor_ wait is invoked will be watched.

General Remarks

condor_ wait is an inexpensive way to test or wait for the completion of a job or a whole cluster, if you are trying to get a process outside of Condor to synchronize with a job or set of jobs.

Examples

condor_wait logfile

This command waits for all jobs that exist in logfile to complete.

condor_wait logfile 40

This command waits for all jobs that exist in logfile and are part of cluster 40 to complete.

condor_wait logfile 40.1

This command waits for job 40.1 that exists in logfile to complete.

condor_wait -wait 3600 logfile 40.1

This waits for job 40.1 to complete by watching logfile, but it will not wait more than one hour (3600 seconds).

Exit Status

condor_ wait returns exits with 0 if and only if the specified job (or all jobs, if none were specified) have completed or aborted. condor_ wait returns 1 if unrecoverable errors occur, such as a missing log file, if the job does not exist in the log file, or the user-specified waiting time has expired.

Author

Condor Team, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Copyright

Copyright © 1990-2003 Condor Team, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved. No use of the Condor Software Program is authorized without the express consent of the Condor Team. For more information contact: Condor Team, Attention: Professor Miron Livny, 7367 Computer Sciences, 1210 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706-1685, (608) 262-0856 or miron@cs.wisc.edu.

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