QHOLD(1) Grid Engine User Commands QHOLD(1)

qhold - hold back Grid Engine jobs from execution

qhold [-h {u|o|s},...] [-help] [job/task_id_list]

qhold [-h {u|o|s},...] [-help] -u user_list

Qhold provides a means for a user/operator/manager to place so called holds on one or more jobs pending scheduling for execution. As long as any type of hold is assigned to a job, the job is not eligible for scheduling.

Holds can be removed with the qrls(1) or qalter(1) command.

There are three different types of holds:

User holds can be assigned and removed by managers, operators and the owner of the jobs.
Operator holds can be assigned and removed by managers and operators.
System holds can be assigned and removed by managers only.

If no hold type is specified with the -h option (see below) the user hold is assumed by default.

An alternate way to assign holds to jobs is the qsub(1) or the qalter(1) command (see the -h option).

Assign a u(ser), o(perator) or s(system) hold, or a combination thereof, to one or more jobs.
Prints a listing of all options.
Changes are only made on those jobs which were submitted by users specified in the list of usernames. Managers are allowed to use the qhold -u "*" command to set a hold for all jobs of all users.

If a user uses the -u switch, the user may specify an additional job/task_id_list.

Specified by the following form:


job_id[.task_range][,job_id[.task_range],...]

If present, the task_range restricts the effect of the qhold operation to the array job task range specified as suffix to the job id (see the -t option to qsub(1) for further details on array jobs).

The task range specifier has the form n[-m[:s]]. The range may be a single number, a simple range of the form n-m or a range with a step size s.

Instead of job/task_id_list it is possible to use the keyword 'all' to modify the hold state for all jobs of the current user.

Specifies the location of the Grid Engine standard configuration files.
If set, specifies the default Grid Engine cell. To address a Grid Engine cell qhold uses (in the order of precedence):

The name of the cell specified in the environment variable SGE_CELL, if it is set.

The name of the default cell, i.e. default.

If set, specifies that debug information should be written to stderr. In addition the level of detail in which debug information is generated is defined.
If set, specifies the tcp port on which sge_qmaster(8) is expected to listen for communication requests. Most installations will use a services map entry for the service "sge_qmaster" instead to define that port.

sge_intro(1), qalter(1), qrls(1), qsub(1).

See sge_intro(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

2011-05-20 SGE 8.1.3pre