Re: [Condor-users] Removing Held jobs

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Cottam wrote:
> Hi,
>  In my jobs I'd like any submission that goes to Hold be removed from the queue.
> It looks like I should use (in my submit file or with a -append)
>
> periodic_remove = ...
>
> but I'm not sure what to put for the ...

To remove held jobs you could simply do:

  periodic_remove = JobStatus == 5

If you wanted to be a bit fancier, here is an example to remove jobs 
that have been on hold continuously for more than 2 days:

  periodic_remove = (((CurrentTime - EnteredCurrentStatus) >  \
                      (2*24*3600)) && JobStatus == 5)

So part of the magic above is knowing that JobStatus of 5 means "held"; 
I find the following web page helpful with these sorts of magic 
numerical constants:
  https://condor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/wiki?p=MagicNumbers

hope this helps,
regards,
Todd

> Any help much appreciated!


> -Ian
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