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Name
condor_hold put - jobs in the queue into the hold state
Synopsis
condor_hold [-help -version]
condor_hold[-debug] [-reason reasonstring] [-subcode number] [-pool
centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]-name scheddname][-addr "<a.b.c.d:port>"] cluster...
cluster.process... user... -constraint expression...
condor_hold[-debug] [-reason reasonstring] [-subcode number] [-pool
centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]-name scheddname][-addr "<a.b.c.d:port>"] -all
Description
condor_holdplaces jobs from the HTCondor job queue in the hold state. If the -nameoption is specified,
the named condor_scheddis targeted for processing. Otherwise, the local condor_scheddis targeted. The
jobs to be held are identified by one or more job identifiers, as described below. For any given job,
only the owner of the job or one of the queue super users (defined by the QUEUE_SUPER_USERS macro) can
place the job on hold.
A job in the hold state remains in the job queue, but the job will not run until released with
condor_release.
A currently running job that is placed in the hold state by condor_holdis sent a hard kill signal. For a
standard universe job, this means that the job is removed from the machine without allowing a checkpoint
to be produced first.
Options
-help
Display usage information
-version
Display version information
-pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]
Specify a pool by giving the central manager's host name and an optional port number
-name scheddname
Send the command to a machine identified by scheddname
-addr <a.b.c.d:port>
Send the command to a machine located at "<a.b.c.d:port>"
-debug
Causes debugging information to be sent to stderr , based on the value of the configuration variable
TOOL_DEBUG
-reason reasonstring
Sets the job ClassAd attribute HoldReason to the value given by reasonstring. reasonstringwill be
delimited by double quote marks on the command line, if it contains space characters.
-subcode number
Sets the job ClassAd attribute HoldReasonSubCode to the integer value given by number.
cluster
Hold all jobs in the specified cluster
cluster.process
Hold the specific job in the cluster
user
Hold all jobs belonging to specified user
-constraint expression
Hold all jobs which match the job ClassAd expression constraint (within quotation marks). Note that
quotation marks must be escaped with the backslash characters for most shells.
-all
Hold all the jobs in the queue
See Also
condor_release
Examples
To place on hold all jobs (of the user that issued the condor_hold command) that are not currently
running:
% condor_hold -constraint "JobStatus!=2"
Multiple options within the same command cause the union of all jobs that meet either (or both) of the
options to be placed in the hold state. Therefore, the command
% condor_hold Mary -constraint "JobStatus!=2"
places all of Mary's queued jobs into the hold state, and the constraint holds all queued jobs not
currently running. It also sends a hard kill signal to any of Mary's jobs that are currently running.
Note that the jobs specified by the constraint will also be Mary's jobs, if it is Mary that issues this
example condor_holdcommand.
Exit Status
condor_holdwill exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon success, and it will exit with the value 1
(one) upon failure.
Author
Center for High Throughput Computing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Copyright
Copyright (C) 1990-2015 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.
February 2016 condor_hold(1)