[torqueusers] question about qstat xml output

[Josh Butikofer]

Randall,

See my comments below:

Randall Svancara wrote:
> I have a question about the XML output with the command qstat.
> 
> In version 2.3.3 of torque, the command, qstat -x outputs XML like this:
> 
> <Job>651.local-gw.mainlab <-----------XXX_PROBLEM_XXX
> <Job_Name>test_job</Job_Name> 
> <Job_Owner>testuser at local-gw.mainlab</Job_Owner>
> <resources_used>
> <cput>00:00:00</cput>
> 
> 
> As you can see, there is a problem with the XML in that it should be
> something like this:
> 
> <Job Job_Id="651.local-gw.mainlab">
> <Job_Name>test_job</Job_Name> 
> <Job_Owner>testuser at local-gw.mainlab</Job_Owner>
> <resources_used>
> <cput>00:00:00</cput>
> 
> or something like this:
> 
> <Job>
> <Job_Id>651.local-gw.mainlab</Job_Id>
> <Job_Name>test_job</Job_Name> 
> <Job_Owner>testuser at local-gw.mainlab</Job_Owner>
> <resources_used>
> <cput>00:00:00</cput>
> 
> So my first question is what is the reason for formatting the XML the
> way that it is, and my second question can I provide a patch to fix this
> issue?

I suspect that this is a bug in the XML formatting code and that it 
shouldn't be formatted in this way. I agree that it isn't a good way of 
doing XML. :)

> I have modified the torque qstat command to output the XML as
> demonstrated in my second example.  But I would rather have any changes
> incorporated into upstream versions if possible.

Post your patch and if it looks good we will probably put it into the 
repository so others can benefit.

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