Provided by: gridengine-drmaa-dev_6.2u5-7.3_amd64 
NAME
drmaa_synchronize, drmaa_wait, drmaa_wifexited, drmaa_wexitstatus, drmaa_wifsignaled,
drmaa_wtermsig, drmaa_wcoredump, drmaa_wifaborted - Waiting for jobs to finish
SYNOPSIS
#include "drmaa.h"
int drmaa_synchronize(
const char *job_ids[],
signed long timeout,
int dispose,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diag_len
);
int drmaa_wait(
const char *job_id,
char *job_id_out,
size_t job_id_out_len,
int *stat,
signed long timeout,
drmaa_attr_values_t **rusage,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diagnois_len
);
int drmaa_wifaborted(
int *aborted,
int stat,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diag_len
);
int drmaa_wifexited(
int *exited,
int stat,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diag_len
);
int drmaa_wifsignaled(
int *signaled,
int stat,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diag_len
);
int drmaa_wcoredump(
int *core_dumped,
int stat,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diag_len
);
int drmaa_wexitstatus(
int *exit_status,
int stat,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diag_len
);
int drmaa_wtermsig(
char *signal,
size_t signal_len,
int stat,
char *error_diagnosis,
size_t error_diag_len
);
DESCRIPTION
The drmaa_synchronize() function blocks the calling thread until all jobs specified in
job_ids have failed or finished execution. If job_ids contains
'DRMAA_JOB_IDS_SESSION_ALL', then this function waits for all jobs submitted during this
DRMAA session. The job_ids pointer array must be NULL terminated.
To prevent blocking indefinitely in this call, the caller may use the timeout, specifying
how many seconds to wait for this call to complete before timing out. The special value
DRMAA_TIMEOUT_WAIT_FOREVER can be used to wait indefinitely for a result. The special
value DRMAA_TIMEOUT_NO_WAIT can be used to return immediately. If the call exits before
timeout seconds, all the specified jobs have completed or the calling thread received an
interrupt. In both cases, the return code is DRMAA_ERRNO_EXIT_TIMEOUT.
The dispose parameter specifies how to treat reaping information. If '0' is passed to
this parameter, job finish information will still be available when drmaa_wait(3) is used.
If '1' is passed, drmaa_wait(3) will be unable to access this job's finish information.
drmaa_wait()
The drmaa_wait() function blocks the calling thread until a job fails or finishes
execution. This routine is modeled on the wait4(3) routine. If the special string
'DRMAA_JOB_IDS_SESSION_ANY' is passed as job_id, this routine will wait for any job from
the session. Otherwise the job_id must be the job identifier of a job or array job task
that was submitted during the session.
To prevent blocking indefinitely in this call, the caller may use timeout, specifying how
many seconds to wait for this call to complete before timing out. The special value
DRMAA_TIMEOUT_WAIT_FOREVER can be to wait indefinitely for a result. The special value
DRMAA_TIMEOUT_NO_WAIT can be used to return immediately. If the call exits before timeout
seconds have passed, all the specified jobs have completed or the calling thread received
an interrupt. In both cases, the return code is DRMAA_ERRNO_EXIT_TIMEOUT.
The routine reaps jobs on a successful call, so any subsequent calls to drmaa_wait(3) will
fail returning a DRMAA_ERRNO_INVALID_JOB error, meaning that the job has already been
reaped. This error is the same as if the job were unknown. Returning due to an elapsed
timeout or an interrupt does not cause the job information to be reaped. This means that,
in this case, it is possible to issue drmaa_wait(3) multiple times for the same job_id.
If job_id_out is not a null pointer, then on return from a successful drmaa_wait(3) call,
up to job_id_out_len characters from the job id of the failed or finished job are
returned.
If stat is not a null pointer, then on return from a successful drmaa_wait(3) call, the
status of the job is stored in the integer pointed to by stat. stat indicates whether job
failed or finished and other information. The information encoded in the integer value can
be accessed via drmaa_wifaborted(3) drmaa_wifexited(3) drmaa_wifsignaled(3)
drmaa_wcoredump(3) drmaa_wexitstatus(3) drmaa_wtermsig(3).
If rusage is not a null pointer, then on return from a successful drmaa_wait(3) call, a
summary of the resources used by the terminated job is returned in form of a DRMAA
values string vector. The entries in the DRMAA values string vector can be extracted
using drmaa_get_next_attr_value(3). Each string returned by drmaa_get_next_attr_value(3)
will be of the format <name>=<value>, where <name> and <value> specify name and amount of
resources consumed by the job, respectively. See accounting(5) for an explanation of the
resource information.
drmaa_wifaborted()
The drmaa_wifaborted() function evaluates into the integer pointed to by aborted a non-
zero value if stat was returned from a job that ended before entering the running state.
drmaa_wifexited()
The drmaa_wifexited() function evaluates into the integer pointed to by exited a non-zero
value if stat was returned from a job that terminated normally. A zero value can also
indicate that although the job has terminated normally, an exit status is not available,
or that it is not known whether the job terminated normally. In both cases
drmaa_wexitstatus(3) will not provide exit status information. A non-zero value returned
in exited indicates more detailed diagnosis can be provided by means of
drmaa_wifsignaled(3), drmaa_wtermsig(3) and drmaa_wcoredump(3).
drmaa_wifsignaled()
The drmaa_wifsignaled() function evaluates into the integer pointed to by signaled a non-
zero value if stat was returned for a job that terminated due to the receipt of a signal.
A zero value can also indicate that although the job has terminated due to the receipt of
a signal, the signal is not available, or it is not known whether the job terminated due
to the receipt of a signal. In both cases drmaa_wtermsig(3) will not provide signal
information. A non-zero value returned in signaled indicates signal information can be
retrieved by means of drmaa_wtermsig(3).
drmaa_wcoredump()
If drmaa_wifsignaled(3) returned a non-zero value in the signaled parameter, the
drmaa_wcoredump() function evaluates into the integer pointed to by core_dumped a non-zero
value if a core image of the terminated job was created.
drmaa_wexitstatus()
If drmaa_wifexited(3) returned a non-zero value in the exited parameter, the
drmaa_wexitstatus() function evaluates into the integer pointed to by exit_code the exit
code that the job passed to exit(2) or the value that the child process returned from
main.
drmaa_wtermsig()
If drmaa_wifsignaled(3) returned a non-zero value in the signaled parameter, the
drmaa_wtermsig() function evaluates into signal up to signal_len characters of a string
representation of the signal that caused the termination of the job. For signals declared
by POSIX.1, the symbolic names are returned (e.g., SIGABRT, SIGALRM). For signals not
declared by POSIX, any other string may be returned.
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
SGE_ROOT Specifies the location of the Sun Grid Engine standard configuration files.
SGE_CELL If set, specifies the default Sun Grid Engine cell to be used. To address a
Sun Grid Engine cell Sun Grid Engine uses (in the order of precedence):
The name of the cell specified in the environment variable SGE_CELL,
if it is set.
The name of the default cell, i.e. default.
SGE_DEBUG_LEVEL
If set, specifies that debug information should be written to stderr. In
addition the level of detail in which debug information is generated is
defined.
SGE_QMASTER_PORT
If set, specifies the tcp port on which sge_qmaster(8) is expected to
listen for communication requests. Most installations will use a services
map entry instead to define that port.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, drmaa_run_job(), drmaa_run_bulk_jobs(), and
drmaa_get_next_job_id() return DRMAA_ERRNO_SUCCESS. Other values indicate an error. Up to
error_diag_len characters of error related diagnosis information is then provided in the
buffer error_diagnosis.
ERRORS
The drmaa_synchronize(), drmaa_wait(), drmaa_wifexited(), drmaa_wexitstatus(),
drmaa_wifsignaled(), drmaa_wtermsig(), drmaa_wcoredump(), and drmaa_wifaborted() will fail
if:
DRMAA_ERRNO_INTERNAL_ERROR
Unexpected or internal DRMAA error, like system call failure, etc.
DRMAA_ERRNO_DRM_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE
Could not contact DRM system for this request.
DRMAA_ERRNO_AUTH_FAILURE
The specified request is not processed successfully due to authorization failure.
DRMAA_ERRNO_INVALID_ARGUMENT
The input value for an argument is invalid.
DRMAA_ERRNO_NO_ACTIVE_SESSION
Failed because there is no active session.
DRMAA_ERRNO_NO_MEMORY
Failed allocating memory.
The drmaa_synchronize() and drmaa_wait() functions will fail if:
DRMAA_ERRNO_EXIT_TIMEOUT
Time-out condition.
DRMAA_ERRNO_INVALID_JOB
The job specified by the does not exist.
The drmaa_wait() will fail if:
DRMAA_ERRNO_NO_RUSAGE
This error code is returned by drmaa_wait() when a job has finished but no rusage and stat
data could be provided.
SEE ALSO
drmaa_submit(3).