[ Platform Documentation ] [ Title ] [ Contents ] [ Previous ] [ Next ] [ Index ]
bstatus
gets current external job status or sets new job status
SYNOPSIS
bstatus [-d "
description"]
job_ID| "
job_ID[
index]" | -J
job_name
bstatus [-h
|-V]
DESCRIPTION
Gets and displays the message description text of a job, or changes the contents of the message description text with the
-d
option. Always operates on the message with index 0.You can set the external status of a job until it completes. You cannot change the status of done or exited jobs. You can display the status of a job until it is cleaned from the system.
If a you specify a job ID:
- You can get the external job status of jobs submitted by other users, but you cannot set job status of jobs submitted by other users.
- You can only set external status on your own jobs.
- Only root and LSF administrators can set external job status on jobs submitted by other users.
Job names are not unique; if you specify
-J
job_name:
- You can only get or set the external status on your own jobs.
- You cannot get or set external job status on jobs submitted by other users.
- Root and the LSF administrators can only get or set the external status on their own jobs.
OPTIONS
-d "description"
Updates the job status with specified message description text.
job_ID | "job_ID[index]" | -J job_name
Required. Operates on the specified job.
-h
Prints command usage to
stderr
and exits.-V
Prints LSF release version to
stderr
and exits.EXAMPLES
%
bstatus 2500
JOBID FROM UPDATE_TIME STATUS
2500 user1 Sep 14 16:54 step 1Displays the message description text of message index 0 of job 2500.
%
bstatus -d "step 2" 2500
Changes the message description text of message index 0 of job 2500 to
step 2
.SEE ALSO
[ Top ]
[ Platform Documentation ] [ Title ] [ Contents ] [ Previous ] [ Next ] [ Index ]
Date Modified: February 24, 2004
Platform Computing: www.platform.com
Platform Support: support@platform.com
Platform Information Development: doc@platform.com
Copyright © 1994-2004 Platform Computing Corporation. All rights reserved.