TORQUE maintains accounting records for batch jobs in the following directory:
$TORQUEROOT/server_priv/accounting/<TIMESTAMP>
$TORQUEROOT defaults to /usr/spool/PBS and <TIMESTAMP> is in the form YYYYMMDD. These records include events, timestamps, and information on resources requested and used.
Records for four different event types are produced and are described in the following table.
| Record Marker | Record Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| D | delete | job has been deleted | 
| E | exit | job has exited (either successfully or unsuccessfully) | 
| Q | queue | job has been submitted/queued | 
| S | start | an attempt to start the job has been made (if the job fails to properly start, it may have multiple job start records) | 
Accounting Variables
The following table offers accounting variable descriptions. Descriptions for accounting variables not indicated in the table, particularly those prefixed with Resources_List, are available at 2.1 Job Submission.
| Variable | Description | 
|---|---|
| ctime | time job was created | 
| etime | time job became eligible to run | 
| qtime | time job was queued | 
| start | time job started to run | 
A sample record in this file can look like the following:
06/06/2005 14:04:25;D;408.ign1.zeta2.org;requestor=guest@ign1.zeta2.org 06/06/2005 14:04:35;Q;409.ign1.zeta2.org;queue=batch 06/06/2005 14:04:44;Q;410.ign1.zeta2.org;queue=batch 06/06/2005 14:06:06;S;407.ign1.zeta2.org;user=guest group=guest jobname=STDIN queue=batch ctime=1118087915 qtime=1118087915 etime=1118087915 start=1118088366 exec_host=ign1.zeta2.org/0 Resource_List.neednodes=ign1.zeta2.org Resource_List.nodect=1 Resource_List.nodes=1 Resource_List.walltime=00:16:40 06/06/2005 14:07:17;D;407.ign1.zeta2.org;requestor=guest@ign1.zeta2.org 06/06/2005 14:07:17;E;407.ign1.zeta2.org;user=guest group=guest jobname=STDIN queue=batch ctime=1118087915 qtime=1118087915 etime=1118087915 start=1118088366 exec_host=ign1.zeta2.org/0 Resource_List.nodect=1 Resource_List.nodes=1 Resource_List.walltime=00:16:40 session=6365 end=1118088437 Exit_status=271 resources_used.cput=00:00:00 resources_used.mem=3068kb resources_used.vmem=16080kb resources_used.walltime=00:01:11