Job Delete & Status

Delete a Job

Use the PBS command qdel JOBID to delete a job. When the job is hung and qdel JOBID can't remove the job, use qsig -sNULL JOBID to delete the job. Another method to delete a job is qdel -p JOBID.
Unfortunately, a job cannot be deleted if the head node (first node) for the job
is unreachable via the network. This condition is also likely to cause a
flood of emails to the user and/or the admins of the cluster. This is a
known problem; if you fail to delete a job by one of these methods, please submit a trouble ticket to have the job killed.

Job Status

There are 2 commands for checking the status of batch jobs.

1. jobstat
2. qstat

Both give useful output with no options, and can operate on a subset of jobs if appropriate options are included.

qstat is a standard PBS/Torque command, and its usage can be found by typing man qstat on any of the interactive machines.

jobstat is a locally developed command that has a slightly different output than qstat. jobstat's usage is:

jobstat -h
usage:
jobstat [-u user] [-s stat] [-a account] [-q queue]
        [-u user] to show the status of batch jobs for specified user
        [-s stat] to show the status of batch jobs in specified state
        [-q queue] to show the status of batch jobs belong to specified queue
        [-a account] to show the status of batch jobs belong to specified account