condor_submit

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Name

condor_submit - Queue jobs for execution under Condor

Synopsis

condor_submit [ -verbose ] [ -unused ] [ -name schedd_name ] [ -remote schedd_name ] [ -pool pool_name ] [ -disable ] [ -password passphrase ] [ -debug ] [ -append command ... ] [ -spool ] [ -dump filename ] [ submit description file ]

Description

condor_submit is the program for submitting jobs for execution under Condor. condor_submit requires a submit description file which contains commands to direct the queuing of jobs. One submit description file may contain specifications for the queuing of many Condor jobs at once. A single invocation of condor_submit may cause one or more clusters. A cluster is a set of jobs specified in the submit description file between queue commands for which the executable is not changed. It is advantageous to submit multiple jobs as a single cluster because:

* Only one copy of the checkpoint file is needed to represent all jobs in a cluster until they begin execution.
* There is much less overhead involved for Condor to start the next job in a cluster than for Condor to start a new cluster. This can make a big difference when submitting lots of short jobs.

Multiple clusters may be specified within a single submit description file. Each cluster must specify a single executable.

The job ClassAd attribute ClusterIdidentifies a cluster. See specifics for this attribute in the Appendix on page .

Note that submission of jobs from a Windows machine requires a stashed password to allow Condor to impersonate the user submitting the job. To stash a password, use the condor_store_cred command. See the manual page at page for details.

See section for the commands that may be placed in the submit description file to direct the submission of a job.

Options

-verbose

Verbose output - display the created job ClassAd

-unused

As a default, causes no warnings to be issued about user-defined macros not being used within the submit description file. The meaning reverses (toggles) when the configuration variable WARN_ON_UNUSED_SUBMIT_FILE_MACROSis set to the nondefault value of False. Printing the warnings can help identify spelling errors of submit description file commands. The warnings are sent to stderr.

-name schedd_name

Submit to the specified condor_schedd . Use this option to submit to a condor_schedd other than the default local one. schedd_name is the value of the NameClassAd attribute on the machine where the condor_schedd daemon runs.

-remote schedd_name

Submit to the specified condor_schedd , spooling all required input files over the network connection. schedd_name is the value of the NameClassAd attribute on the machine where the condor_schedd daemon runs. This option is equivalent to using both -name and -spool .

-pool pool_name

Look in the specified pool for the condor_schedd to submit to. This option is used with -name or -remote .

-disable

Disable file permission checks.

-password passphrase

Specify a password to the MyProxy server.

-debug

Cause debugging information to be sent to stderr, based on the value of the configuration variable SUBMIT_DEBUG.

-append command

Augment the commands in the submit description file with the given command. This command will be considered to immediately precede the Queue command within the submit description file, and come after all other previous commands. The submit description file is not modified. Multiple commands are specified by using the -append option multiple times. Each new command is given in a separate -append option. Commands with spaces in them will need to be enclosed in double quote marks.

-spool

Spool all required input files, user log, and proxy over the connection to the condor_schedd . After submission, modify local copies of the files without affecting your jobs. Any output files for completed jobs need to be retrieved with condor_transfer_data .

-dump filename

Sends all ClassAds to the specified file, instead of to the condor_schedd .

submit description file

The pathname to the submit description file. If this optional argument is missing or equal to ``-'', then the commands are taken from standard input.

Exit Status

condor_submit will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon success, and a non-zero value upon failure.

Examples

* Submit Description File Example 1: This example queues three jobs for execution by Condor. The first will be given command line arguments of 15 and 2000 , and it will write its standard output to foo.out1. The second will be given command line arguments of 30 and 2000 , and it will write its standard output to foo.out2. Similarly the third will have arguments of 45 and 6000 , and it will use foo.out3for its standard output. Standard error output (if any) from all three programs will appear in foo.error.



      ####################

      #

      # submit description file

      # Example 1: queuing multiple jobs with differing

      # command line arguments and output files.

      #                                                                      

      ####################                                                   

                                                                         

      Executable     = foo                                                   

      Universe       = standard

                                                                         

      Arguments      = 15 2000                                               

      Output  = foo.out1                                                     

      Error   = foo.err1

      Queue                                                                  

                                                                         

      Arguments      = 30 2000                                               

      Output  = foo.out2                                                     

      Error   = foo.err2

      Queue                                                                  

                                                                         

      Arguments      = 45 6000                                               

      Output  = foo.out3                                                     

      Error   = foo.err3

      Queue

* Submit Description File Example 2: This submit description file example queues 150 runs of program foo which must have been compiled and linked for Sun workstations running Solaris 8. Condor will not attempt to run the processes on machines which have less than 32 Megabytes of physical memory, and it will run them on machines which have at least 64 Megabytes, if such machines are available. Stdin, stdout, and stderr will refer to in.0, out.0, and err.0for the first run of this program (process 0). Stdin, stdout, and stderr will refer to in.1, out.1, and err.1for process 1, and so forth. A log file containing entries about where and when Condor runs, takes checkpoints, and migrates processes in this cluster will be written into file foo.log.



      ####################                                                    

      #                                                                       

      # Example 2: Show off some fancy features including

      # use of pre-defined macros and logging.                                

      #                                                                       

      ####################                                                    

                                                                          

      Executable     = foo                                                    

      Universe       = standard

      Requirements   = Memory >= 32 && OpSys == "SOLARIS28" && Arch =="SUN4u"     

      Rank           = Memory >= 64

      Image_Size     = 28 Meg                                                 

                                                                          

      Error   = err.$(Process)                                                

      Input   = in.$(Process)                                                 

      Output  = out.$(Process)                                                

      Log = foo.log                                                                       

                                                                          

      Queue 150

* Command Line example: The following command uses the -append option to add two commands before the job(s) is queued. A log file and an error log file are specified. The submit description file is unchanged.


condor_submit -a "log = out.log" -a "error = error.log" mysubmitfile

Note that each of the added commands is contained within quote marks because there are space characters within the command.
* periodic_removeexample: A job should be removed from the queue, if the total suspension time of the job is more than half of the run time of the job.
Including the command



   periodic_remove = CumulativeSuspensionTime > 

                     ((RemoteWallClockTime - CumulativeSuspensionTime) / 2.0)

in the submit description file causes this to happen.

General Remarks

* For security reasons, Condor will refuse to run any jobs submitted by user root (UID = 0) or by a user whose default group is group wheel (GID = 0). Jobs submitted by user root or a user with a default group of wheel will appear to sit forever in the queue in an idle state.
* All path names specified in the submit description file must be less than 256 characters in length, and command line arguments must be less than 4096 characters in length; otherwise, condor_submit gives a warning message but the jobs will not execute properly.
* Somewhat understandably, behavior gets bizarre if the user makes the mistake of requesting multiple Condor jobs to write to the same file, and/or if the user alters any files that need to be accessed by a Condor job which is still in the queue. For example, the compressing of data or output files before a Condor job has completed is a common mistake.
* To disable checkpointing for Standard Universe jobs, include the line:



      +WantCheckpoint = False

in the submit description file before the queue command(s).

See Also

Condor User Manual

Author

Condor Team, University of Wisconsin-Madison Copyright (C) 1990-2009 Condor Team, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

See the Condor Version 7.2.4 Manual or http://www.condorproject.org/licensefor additional notices. condor-admin@cs.wisc.edu