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) 1990-2015 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_tail(1)