Appendices > Appendix C: Node manager (MOM) configuration > Command-line arguments

C.3 Command-line arguments

Below is a table of pbs_mom command-line startup flags.

Flag Description
a <integer> Alarm time in seconds.
c <file> Config file path.
C <directory> Checkpoint path.
d <directory> Home directory.
L <file> Logfile.
M <integer> MOM port to listen on.
p Perform 'poll' based job recovery on restart (jobs persist until associated processes terminate).
P On restart, deletes all jobs that were running on MOM (Available in 2.4.X and later).
q On restart, requeues all jobs that were running on MOM (Available in 2.4.X and later).
r On restart, kills all processes associated with jobs that were running on MOM, and then requeues the jobs.
R <integer> MOM 'RM' port to listen on.
S <integer> pbs_server port to connect to.
v Display version information and exit.
x Disable use of privileged port.
? Show usage information and exit.

For more details on these command-line options, see pbs_mom.

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