Re: [Condor-users] how to define job's lifetime in queue

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yu Fu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to define a job's lifetime in the queue, i.e., if a
> job has been waiting in the queue for longer than a certain time it
> will be removed and cleaned up automatically from the queue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yu

You could specify a periodic_remove macro in your job submit file ---
see the man page for condor_submit.  This would allow you to control on
a per-job basis.

If you want to setup the above for all jobs in a given schedd, use
SYSTEM_PERIODIC_REMOVE in your condor_config file.  From the manual:

> SYSTEM_PERIODIC_REMOVE 
> This expression behaves identically to the job
> expression periodic_remove, but it is evaluated by the condor_ schedd
> daemon individually for each job in the queue. It defaults to False.
> When True, it causes the job to be removed from the queue. Here is an
> example that removes jobs which have been on hold for 30 days:
>
> SYSTEM_PERIODIC_REMOVE = \ 
>  (JobStatus == 5 && CurrentTime - EnteredCurrentStatus > 3600*24*30)