Name

       condor_tail Display - the last contents of a running job's standard output or file

Synopsis

       condor_tail [-help] | [-version]

       condor_tail[-pool  centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]]  [-name  name] [-debug] [-maxbytes
       numbytes] [-auto-retry] [-follow] [-no-stdout] [-stderr] job-ID[-filename1] [,  -filename2
       ... ]

Description

       condor_taildisplays the last bytes of a file in the sandbox of a running job identified by
       the command line argument job-ID.  stdout is  tailed  by  default.  The  number  of  bytes
       displayed is limited to 1024, unless changed by specifying the -maxbytesoption. This limit
       is applied for each individual tail of a file; for example, when  following  a  file,  the
       limit is applied each subsequent time output is obtained.

Options

       -help

          Display usage information and exit.

       -version

          Display version information and exit.

       -pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]

          Specify a pool by giving the central manager's host name and an optional port number.

       -name name

          Query the condor_schedddaemon identified with name.

       -debug

          Display extra debugging information.

       -maxbytes numbytes

          Limits  the  maximum number of bytes transferred per tail access. If not specified, the
          maximum number of bytes is 1024.

       -auto-retry

          Retry the tail of the file(s) every 2 seconds, if the job is not yet running.

       -follow

          Repetitively tail the file(s), until interrupted.

       -no-stdout

          Do not tail  stdout .

       -stderr

          Tail  stderr instead of  stdout .

Exit Status

       The exit status of condor_tailis zero on success.

Author

       Center for High Throughput Computing, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Copyright

       Copyright  (C)  1990-2013  Center  for  High  Throughput  Computing,   Computer   Sciences
       Department,  University  of  Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved. Licensed
       under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

                                           January 2014                            condor_tail(1)