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signal/job

Signal a scheduling event.

The SIGNAL command sends a signal to the SCHEDULE SERVER. This command is automatically added to the temporary command files created when ever a job is submitted into an execution queue. Once at the beginning of job to signal that the job has started and once at the end to signal that the job has completed. The signal operation is optional. If a job terminates (via a crash or other abrupt mechanism) this event is picked up and becomes the completion signal.

General Format

signal/job job_name [/qualifiers]

Alternate

sigjob job_name [-qualifiers]

Qualifier Summary

type of signal:

/completed (default)

/started

other qualifiers:

/status = number (default is 1)

/set_id = number (default of 0 implies all job sets)

general qualifiers:

/[no]log

/[no]confirm

/node = target_node

Examples

C:\> schedule signal first_of_three_jobs/started/log

signaled \bmossberg\first_of_three_jobs

Qualifiers

/confirm
/noconfirm

CONFIRM requests that the user be prompted prior to any operation to verify that the selected entry is the correct one.

/hostname=host_name

The qualifier specifies what node (either local or remote) you want the operation performed on.

/completed

The COMPLETED qualifier sends a signal to the server that a job has successfully completed.

/log
/nolog

The LOG qualifier causes each completed operation to issue a note to the user.

/set_id

The SET_ID qualifier points to a designated job set. If no number is specified the default implies all job sets.

/started

The STARTED qualifier sends a signal to the server that a job is being executed.

/status

The STATUS qualifier indicates the success (odd) or failure (even) of a job execution.

See Also

JOB commands

complete/job

copy/job

create/job

delete/job

directory/job

edit/job

extract/job

increment/job

insert/job

modify/job

rebuild/job

rename/job

submit/job

type/job