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Checkpoint pbs batch jobs.
A.1.45 Synopsis
qchkpt <JOBID>[ <JOBID>] ...
A.1.46 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.
A.1.47 Options
None.
A.1.48 Operands
The qchkpt command accepts one or more job_identifier operands of the form:
sequence_number[.server_name][@server]
A.1.49 Examples
$ # request a checkpoint for job 3233
$ qchkpt 3233
A.1.50 Standard error
The qchkpt command will write a diagnostic message to standard error for each error occurrence.
A.1.51 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.
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