[slurm-users] Re: FAQ describing how to hold a job ignores scontrol subcommands specifically for that purpose

2024-02-25 Thread urbanjost via slurm-users
on.me/) secure email. On Saturday, February 24th, 2024 at 9:44 PM, urbanjost via slurm-users wrote: > There are scontrol subcommands uhold/hold/release/requeuehold that are > ignored when describing how to place a job on hold in FAQ 21; and it is never > explained why the method describ

[slurm-users] FAQ describing how to hold a job ignores scontrol subcommands specifically for that purpose

2024-02-24 Thread urbanjost via slurm-users
There are scontrol subcommands uhold/hold/release/requeuehold that are ignored when describing how to place a job on hold in FAQ 21; and it is never explained why the method described therein is the best method, it just states it is. Does anyone know why the FAQ method is better than using the s

[slurm-users] Question on using a suffix with "squeue --Format=FORMAT"

2024-02-10 Thread urbanjost via slurm-users
I do not see how to use the suffix for the --Format option of the squeue(1) command. The description does not indicate how to tell the end of the size and period components and the beginning of the suffix, but assuming the suffix must being with something other than a period or numeric character I

[slurm-users] timeout of get_user_env does not obey time limit

2024-02-03 Thread urbanjost via slurm-users
If I use the sbatch(1) option --export=NONE or wipe the environment with "env -i /usr/bin/sbatch ..." or use --export=NIL then the environment is not properly constructed and I see the message in the /var/log/*slurm* files: [2024-02-03T11:50:33.052] _get_user_env: get env for user jsu here [2024

[slurm-users] selecting job-specific log messages

2024-02-03 Thread urbanjost via slurm-users
log files use many strings to identify job, including not having a jobID in the message NUMBER=$SLURM_JOBID egrep "\.\<$NUMBER\>\] |\<$NUMBER\>\.batch|jobid \<$NUMBER\>|JObId=\<$NUMBER\>|job id \<$NUMBER\>|job\.\<$NUMBER\>|job \<$NUMBER\>|jobid \[\<$NUMBER\>\]|task_p_slurmd_batch_request: \<$NUM

[slurm-users] propose environment variables SLURM_STDOUT, SLURM_STDERR, SLURM_STDIN

2024-01-19 Thread urbanjost
RE: Placing the full pathname of the job stdout in an environment variable Would others find it useful if new variables were added that contained the full pathnames of the standard input, error and input files of batch jobs? ## SYNOPSIS Proposed new environment variables SLURM_STDOUT,SLURM_STDE