[torquedev] Option to make qsub block until job completes ?

[Ken Nielson]

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> From: "Christopher Samuel" <samuel at unimelb.edu.au>
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> Hi folks,
> 
> I've been asked by some folks locally who are developing some
> pipelines if there is an option to make qsub block until the
> (standard non-interactive batch) job submitted completes.
> 
> It sounds like a reasonable idea and they believe this is
> already in PBSPro.
> 
> They've also asked if the exit status of the qsub in that
> mode can be the exit status of the last program (as logged
> as Exit_status in the Torque logs).  I can see that part
> causing issues given that qsub already has its own exit
> statuses..
> 
> Thoughts ?
> 
> All the best,
> Chris
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There have been suggestions here about being able to submit and run a job in a single request. To wait and return on job completion would be a natural extension of that idea.

The exit status of the actual jobs are returned with the job and can be queried from qstat. Exit_status in general is the completion code of the job. It is not a TORQUE code.

Ken