qchkpt

Checkpoint pbs batch jobs.

4.579.43 Synopsis

qchkpt <JOBID>[ <JOBID>] ...

4.579.44 Description

The qchkpt command requests that the PBS MOM generate a checkpoint file for a running job.

This is an extension to POSIX.2d.

The qchkpt command sends a Chkpt Job batch request to the server as described in the general section.

4.579.45 Options

None.

4.579.46 Operands

The qchkpt command accepts one or more job_identifier operands of the form:

sequence_number[.server_name][@server]

4.579.47 Examples

$ # request a checkpoint for job 3233

$ qchkpt 3233

4.579.48 Standard error

The qchkpt command will write a diagnostic message to standard error for each error occurrence.

4.579.49 Exit status

Upon successful processing of all the operands presented to the qchkpt command, the exit status will be a value of zero.

If the qchkpt command fails to process any operand, the command exits with a value greater than zero.