Re: [Condor-users] Only Send Emails on Error

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Ramnani wrote:
> However, when I add "Notification = Error" to my submit file, I
> receive no email, even though the "hello.sh" script exits with a
> non-zero exit code.  Am I misunderstanding what "Notification=Error"
> does in a submit file?

Currently, Condor defines Error in the above situation to mean exited 
with an abnormal termination. On Linux/Unix, this means exited with a 
signal.

So my guess is if your test shell script ended with:
  # Terminate abnormally with signal ABORT
  kill -s ABRT $$

instead of
  # Terminate normally with an exit status
  exit 5
you would get the error email you expect.

Note that Condor makes it easy to put jobs on hold when they exit for 
any reason, including a normal (aka non-signal) exit status that you are 
not expecting via specifying ON_EXIT_HOLD.  It would be nice if Condor 
would also send email in this case as well - I made a ticket about it at
  https://condor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=1976

Hope the above helps
Todd