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condor_tail

Display the last contents of a running job's standard output or file

Synopsis

condor_tail [-help] | [-version]

condor_tail [-pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]] [-name name] [-debug] [-maxbytes numbytes] [-auto-retry] [-follow] [-no-stdout] [-stderr] job-ID [filename1] [filename2 ... ]

Description

condor_tail displays the last bytes of a file in the sandbox of a running job identified by the command line argument job-ID. stdout is tailed by default. The number of bytes displayed is limited to 1024, unless changed by specifying the -maxbytes option. This limit is applied for each individual tail of a file; for example, when following a file, the limit is applied each subsequent time output is obtained.

Options

-help

Display usage information and exit.

-version

Display version information and exit.

-pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]

Specify a pool by giving the central manager's host name and an optional port number.

-name name

Query the condor_schedd daemon identified with name.

-debug

Display extra debugging information.

-maxbytes numbytes

Limits the maximum number of bytes transferred per tail access. If not specified, the maximum number of bytes is 1024.

-auto-retry

Retry the tail of the file(s) every 2 seconds, if the job is not yet running.

-follow

Repetitively tail the file(s), until interrupted.

-no-stdout

Do not tail stdout.

-stderr

Tail stderr instead of stdout.

Exit Status

The exit status of condor_tail is zero on success.

Author

Center for High Throughput Computing, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Copyright

Copyright © 1990-2016 Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.