-terse

Terse output - display JobId ranges only.

-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_MACROS is set to the non default value of False. Printing the warnings can help identify spelling errors of submit description file commands. The warnings are sent to stderr.

-file submit_file

Use submit_file as the submit description file. This is equivalent to providing submit_file as an argument without the preceding -file.

-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 Name ClassAd 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 Name ClassAd attribute on the machine where the condor_schedd daemon runs. This option is equivalent to using both -name and -spool.

-addr <ip:port>

Submit to the condor_schedd at the IP address and port given by the sinful string argument <ip:port>.

-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 when submitting a job for read permissions on all input files, such as those defined by commands input and transfer_input_files, as well as write permission to output files, such as a log file defined by log and output files defined with output or transfer_output_files.

-debug

Cause debugging information to be sent to stderr, based on the value of the configuration variable TOOL_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. If the command specifies a queue command, as in the example

condor_submit mysubmitfile -append "queue input in A, B, C"

then the entire -append command line option and its arguments are converted to

condor_submit mysubmitfile -queue input in A, B, C

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.

-batch-name batch_name

Set the batch name for this submit. The batch name is displayed by condor_q -batch. It is intended for use by users to give meaningful names to their jobs and to influence how condor_q groups jobs for display. Use of this argument takes precedence over a batch name specified in the submit description file itself.

-spool

Spool all required input files, job event 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.

-interactive

Indicates that the user wants to run an interactive shell on an execute machine in the pool. This is equivalent to creating a submit description file of a vanilla universe sleep job, and then running condor_ssh_to_job by hand. Without any additional arguments, condor_submit with the -interactive flag creates a dummy vanilla universe job that sleeps, submits it to the local scheduler, waits for the job to run, and then launches condor_ssh_to_job to run a shell. If the user would like to run the shell on a machine that matches a particular requirements expression, the submit description file is specified, and it will contain the expression. Note that all policy expressions specified in the submit description file are honored, but any executable or universe commands are overwritten to be sleep and vanilla. The job ClassAd attribute InteractiveJob is set to True to identify interactive jobs for condor_startd policy usage.

-factory

Sends all of the jobs as a late materialization job factory. A job factory consists of a single cluster classad and a digest containing the submit commands necessary to describe the differences between jobs. If the Queue statement has itemdata, then the itemdata will be sent. Using this option is equivalent to using the max_materialize submit command.

-allow-crlf-script

Changes the check for an invalid line ending on the executable script's #! line from an ERROR to a WARNING. The #! line will be ignored by Windows, so it won't matter if it is invalid; but Unix and Linux will not run a script that has a Windows/DOS line ending on the first line of the script. So condor_submit will not allow such a script to be submitted as the job's executable unless this option is supplied.

-dry-run file

Parse the submit description file, sending the resulting job ClassAd to the file given by file, but do not submit the job(s). This permits observation of the job specification, and it facilitates debugging the submit description file contents. If file is -, the output is written to stdout.

-maxjobs number-of-jobs

If the total number of jobs specified by the submit description file is more than the integer value given by number-of-jobs, then no jobs are submitted for execution and an error message is generated. A 0 or negative value for the number-of-jobs causes no limit to be imposed.

-single-cluster

If the jobs specified by the submit description file causes more than a single cluster value to be assigned, then no jobs are submitted for execution and an error message is generated.

<submit-variable>=<value>

Defines a submit command or submit variable with a value, and parses it as if it was placed at the beginning of the submit description file. The submit description file is not changed. To correctly parse the condor_submit command line, this option must be specified without white space characters before and after the equals sign (=), or the entire option must be surrounded by double quote marks.

-queue queue_arguments

A command line specification of how many jobs to queue, which is only permitted if the submit description file does not have a queue command. The queue_arguments are the same as may be within a submit description file. The parsing of the queue_arguments finishes at the end of the line or when a dash character (-) is encountered. Therefore, its best placement within the command line will be at the end of the command line.

On a Unix command line, the shell expands file globs before parsing occurs.

arguments = <argument_list>

List of arguments to be supplied to the executable as part of the command line.

In the java universe, the first argument must be the name of the class containing main.

There are two permissible formats for specifying arguments, identified as the old syntax and the new syntax. The old syntax supports white space characters within arguments only in special circumstances; when used, the command line arguments are represented in the job ClassAd attribute Args. The new syntax supports uniform quoting of white space characters within arguments; when used, the command line arguments are represented in the job ClassAd attribute Arguments.

Old Syntax

In the old syntax, individual command line arguments are delimited (separated) by space characters. To allow a double quote mark in an argument, it is escaped with a backslash; that is, the two character sequence \" becomes a single double quote mark within an argument.

Further interpretation of the argument string differs depending on the operating system. On Windows, the entire argument string is passed verbatim (other than the backslash in front of double quote marks) to the Windows application. Most Windows applications will allow spaces within an argument value by surrounding the argument with double quotes marks. In all other cases, there is no further interpretation of the arguments.

Example:

arguments = one \"two\" 'three'

Produces in Unix vanilla universe:

argument 1: one
argument 2: "two"
argument 3: 'three'

New Syntax

Here are the rules for using the new syntax:

Example:

arguments = "3 simple arguments"

Produces:

argument 1: 3
argument 2: simple
argument 3: arguments

Another example:

arguments = "one 'two with spaces' 3"

Produces:

argument 1: one
argument 2: two with spaces
argument 3: 3

And yet another example:

arguments = "one ""two"" 'spacey ''quoted'' argument'"

Produces:

argument 1: one
argument 2: "two"
argument 3: spacey 'quoted' argument

Notice that in the new syntax, the backslash has no special meaning. This is for the convenience of Windows users.

environment = <parameter_list>

List of environment variables.

There are two different formats for specifying the environment variables: the old format and the new format. The old format is retained for backward-compatibility. It suffers from a platform-dependent syntax and the inability to insert some special characters into the environment.

The new syntax for specifying environment values:

<name>=<value>

Example:

environment = "one=1 two=""2"" three='spacey ''quoted'' value'"

Produces the following environment entries:

one=1
two="2"
three=spacey 'quoted' value

Under the old syntax, there are no double quote marks surrounding the environment specification. Each environment entry remains of the form

<name>=<value>

Under Unix, list multiple environment entries by separating them with a semicolon (;). Under Windows, separate multiple entries with a vertical bar (|). There is no way to insert a literal semicolon under Unix or a literal vertical bar under Windows. Note that spaces are accepted, but rarely desired, characters within parameter names and values, because they are treated as literal characters, not separators or ignored white space. Place spaces within the parameter list only if required.

A Unix example:

environment = one=1;two=2;three="quotes have no 'special' meaning"

This produces the following:

one=1
two=2
three="quotes have no 'special' meaning"

If the environment is set with the environment command and getenv is also set, values specified with environment override values in the submitter's environment (regardless of the order of the environment and getenv commands).

error = <pathname>

A path and file name used by HTCondor to capture any error messages the program would normally write to the screen (that is, this file becomes stderr). A path is given with respect to the file system of the machine on which the job is submitted. The file is written (by the job) in the remote scratch directory of the machine where the job is executed. When the job exits, the resulting file is transferred back to the machine where the job was submitted, and the path is utilized for file placement. If you specify a relative path, the final path will be relative to the job's initial working directory, and HTCondor will create directories as necessary to transfer the file. If not specified, the default value of /dev/null is used for submission to a Unix machine. If not specified, error messages are ignored for submission to a Windows machine. More than one job should not use the same error file, since this will cause one job to overwrite the errors of another. If HTCondor detects that the error and output files for a job are the same, it will run the job such that the output and error data is merged.

executable = <pathname>

An optional path and a required file name of the executable file for this job cluster. Only one executable command within a submit description file is guaranteed to work properly. More than one often works.

If no path or a relative path is used, then the executable file is presumed to be relative to the current working directory of the user as the condor_submit command is issued.

batch_name = <batch_name>

Set the batch name for this submit. The batch name is displayed by condor_q -batch. It is intended for use by users to give meaningful names to their jobs and to influence how condor_q groups jobs for display. This value in a submit file can be overridden by specifying the -batch-name argument on the condor_submit command line.

getenv = <<matchlist> | True | False>

If getenv is set to
True, then condor_submit will copy all of the user's current shell environment variables at the time of job submission into the job ClassAd. The job will therefore execute with the same set of environment variables that the user had at submit time. Defaults to False. A wholesale import of the user's environment is very likely to lead to problems executing the job on a remote machine unless there is a shared file system for users' home directories between the access point and execute machine. So rather than setting getenv to True, it is much better to set it to a list of environment variables to import.

Matchlist is a comma, semicolon or space separated list of environment variable names and name patterns that match or reject names. Matchlist members are matched case-insensitively to each name in the environment and those that match are imported. Matchlist members can contain * as wildcard character which matches anything at that position. Members can have two * characters if one of them is at the end. Members can be prefixed with ! to force a matching environment variable to not be imported. The order of members in the Matchlist has no effect on the result. getenv = true is equivalent to getenv = *

Prior to HTCondor 8.9.7 getenv allows only True or False as values.

Examples:

# import everything except PATH and INCLUDE (also path, include and other case-variants)
getenv = !PATH, !INCLUDE
# import everything with CUDA in the name
getenv = *cuda*
# Import every environment variable that starts with P or Q, except PATH
getenv = !path, P*, Q*

If the environment is set with the environment command and getenv is also set, values specified with environment override values in the submitter's environment (regardless of the order of the environment and getenv commands).

input = <pathname>

HTCondor assumes that its jobs are long-running, and that the user will not wait at the terminal for their completion. Because of this, the standard files which normally access the terminal, (stdin, stdout, and stderr), must refer to files. Thus, the file name specified with input should contain any keyboard input the program requires (that is, this file becomes stdin). A path is given with respect to the file system of the machine on which the job is submitted. The file is transferred before execution to the remote scratch directory of the machine where the job is executed. If not specified, the default value of /dev/null is used for submission to a Unix machine. If not specified, input is ignored for submission to a Windows machine.

Note that this command does not refer to the command-line arguments of the program. The command-line arguments are specified by the arguments command.

log = <pathname>

Use log to specify a file name where HTCondor will write a log file of what is happening with this job cluster, called a job event log. For example, HTCondor will place a log entry into this file when and where the job begins running, when it transfers files, if the job is evicted, and when the job completes. Most users find specifying a log file to be handy; its use is recommended. If no log entry is specified, HTCondor does not create a log for this cluster. If a relative path is specified, it is relative to the current working directory as the job is submitted or the directory specified by submit command initialdir on the access point.

notification = <Always | Complete | Error | Never>

Owners of HTCondor jobs are notified by e-mail when certain events occur. If defined by Always or Complete, the owner will be notified when the job terminates. If defined by Error, the owner will only be notified if the job terminates abnormally, (as defined by JobSuccessExitCode, if defined) or if the job is placed on hold because of a failure, and not by user request. If defined by Never (the default), the owner will not receive e-mail, regardless to what happens to the job. The HTCondor User's manual documents statistics included in the e-mail.

notify_user = <email-address>

Used to specify the e-mail address to use when HTCondor sends e-mail about a job. If not specified, HTCondor defaults to using the e-mail address defined by

job-owner@UID_DOMAIN

where the configuration variable UID_DOMAIN is specified by the HTCondor site administrator. If UID_DOMAIN has not been specified, HTCondor sends the e-mail to:

job-owner@submit-machine-name

output = <pathname>

The output file captures any information the program would ordinarily write to the screen (that is, this file becomes stdout). A path is given with respect to the file system of the machine on which the job is submitted. The file is written (by the job) in the remote scratch directory of the machine where the job is executed. When the job exits, the resulting file is transferred back to the machine where the job was submitted, and the path is utilized for file placement. If you specify a relative path, the final path will be relative to the job's initial working directory, and HTCondor will create directories as necessary to transfer the file. If not specified, the default value of /dev/null is used for submission to a Unix machine. If not specified, output is ignored for submission to a Windows machine. Multiple jobs should not use the same output file, since this will cause one job to overwrite the output of another. If HTCondor detects that the error and output files for a job are the same, it will run the job such that the output and error data is merged.

Note that if a program explicitly opens and writes to a file, that file should not be specified as the output file.

priority = <integer>

An HTCondor job priority can be any integer, with 0 being the default. Jobs with higher numerical priority will run before jobs with lower numerical priority. Note that this priority is on a per user basis. One user with many jobs may use this command to order his/her own jobs, and this will have no effect on whether or not these jobs will run ahead of another user's jobs.

Note that the priority setting in an HTCondor submit file will be overridden by condor_dagman if the submit file is used for a node in a DAG, and the priority of the node within the DAG is non-zero (see automated-workflows/dagman-priorities:Setting Priorities for Nodes for more details).

queue [<int expr> ]

Places zero or more copies of the job into the HTCondor queue.

queue

[<int expr> ] [<varname> ] in [slice ] <list of items> Places zero or more copies of the job in the queue based on items in a <list of items>

queue

[<int expr> ] [<varname> ] matching [files | dirs ] [slice ] <list of items with file globbing>] Places zero or more copies of the job in the queue based on files that match a <list of items with file globbing>

queue

[<int expr> ] [<list of varnames> ] from [slice ] <file name> | <list of items>] Places zero or more copies of the job in the queue based on lines from the submit file or from <file name>

The optional argument <int expr> specifies how many times to repeat the job submission for a given set of arguments. It may be an integer or an expression that evaluates to an integer, and it defaults to 1. All but the first form of this command are various ways of specifying a list of items. When these forms are used <int expr> jobs will be queued for each item in the list. The in, matching and from keyword indicates how the list will be specified.

The optional argument <varname> or <list of varnames> is the name or names of of variables that will be set to the value of the current item when queuing the job. If no <varname> is specified the variable ITEM will be used. Leading and trailing whitespace be trimmed. The optional argument <slice> is a python style slice selecting only some of the items in the list of items. Negative step values are not supported.

A submit file may contain more than one queue statement, and if desired, any commands may be placed between subsequent queue commands, such as new input, output, error, initialdir, or arguments commands. This is handy when submitting multiple runs into one cluster with one submit description file.

universe = <vanilla | scheduler | local | grid | java | vm | parallel | docker>

Specifies which HTCondor universe to use when running this job. The HTCondor universe specifies an HTCondor execution environment.

The vanilla universe is the default (except where the configuration variable DEFAULT_UNIVERSE defines it otherwise).

The scheduler universe is for a job that is to run on the machine where the job is submitted. This universe is intended for a job that acts as a metascheduler and will not be preempted.

The local universe is for a job that is to run on the machine where the job is submitted. This universe runs the job immediately and will not preempt the job.

The grid universe forwards the job to an external job management system. Further specification of the grid universe is done with the grid_resource command.

The java universe is for programs written to the Java Virtual Machine.

The vm universe facilitates the execution of a virtual machine.

The parallel universe is for parallel jobs (e.g. MPI) that require multiple machines in order to run.

The docker universe runs a docker container as an HTCondor job.

max_materialize = <limit>

Submit jobs as a late materialization factory and instruct the condor_schedd to keep the given number of jobs materialized. Use this option to reduce the load on the condor_schedd when submitting a large number of jobs. The limit can be an expression but it must evaluate to a constant at submit time. A limit less than 1 will be treated as unlimited. The condor_schedd can be configured to have a materialization limit as well, the lower of the two limits will be used. (see users-manual/submitting-a-job:submitting lots of jobs for more details).

max_idle = <limit>

Submit jobs as a late materialization factory and instruct the condor_schedd to keep the given number of non-running jobs materialized. Use this option to reduce the load on the condor_schedd when submitting a large number of jobs. The limit may be an expression but it must evaluate to a constant at submit time. Jobs in the Held state are considered to be Idle for this limit. A limit of less than 1 will prevent jobs from being materialized although the factory will still be submitted to the condor_schedd. (see users-manual/submitting-a-job:submitting lots of jobs for more details).

rank = <ClassAd Float Expression>

A ClassAd Floating-Point expression that states how to rank machines which have already met the requirements expression. Essentially, rank expresses preference. A higher numeric value equals better rank. HTCondor will give the job the machine with the highest rank. For example,

request_memory = max({60, Target.TotalSlotMemory})
rank = Memory

asks HTCondor to find all available machines with more than 60 megabytes of memory and give to the job the machine with the most amount of memory. The HTCondor User's Manual contains complete information on the syntax and available attributes that can be used in the ClassAd expression.

request_cpus = <num-cpus>

A requested number of CPUs (cores). If not specified, the number requested will be 1. If specified, the expression

&& (RequestCpus <= Target.Cpus)

is appended to the requirements expression for the job.

For pools that enable dynamic condor_startd provisioning, specifies the minimum number of CPUs requested for this job, resulting in a dynamic slot being created with this many cores.

request_disk = <quantity>

The requested amount of disk space in KiB requested for this job. If not specified, it will be set to the job ClassAd attribute DiskUsage. The expression

&& (RequestDisk <= Target.Disk)

is appended to the requirements expression for the job.

For pools that enable dynamic condor_startd provisioning, a dynamic slot will be created with at least this much disk space.

Characters may be appended to a numerical value to indicate units. K or KB indicates KiB, 210 numbers of bytes. M or MB indicates MiB, 220 numbers of bytes. G or GB indicates GiB, 230 numbers of bytes. T or TB indicates TiB, 240 numbers of bytes.

request_gpus = <num-gpus>

A requested number of GPUs. If not specified, no GPUs will be requested. If specified and require_gpus is not also specified, the expression

&& (Target.GPUs >= RequestGPUs)

is appended to the requirements expression for the job.

For pools that enable dynamic condor_startd provisioning, specifies the minimum number of GPUs requested for this job, resulting in a dynamic slot being created with this many GPUs.

require_gpus = <constraint-expression>

A constraint on the properties of GPUs when used with a non-zero request_gpus value. If not specified, no constraint on GPUs will be added to the job. If specified and request_gpus is non-zero, the expression

&& (countMatches(MY.RequireGPUs, TARGET.AvailableGPUs) >= RequestGPUs)

is appended to the requirements expression for the job. This expression cannot be evaluated by HTCondor prior to version 9.8.0. A warning to this will effect will be printed when condor_submit detects this condition.

For pools that enable dynamic condor_startd provisioning and are at least version 9.8.0, the constraint will be tested against the properties of AvailableGPUs and only those that match will be assigned to the dynamic slot.

request_memory = <quantity>

The required amount of memory in MiB that this job needs to avoid excessive swapping. If not specified and the submit command vm_memory is specified, then the value specified for vm_memory defines request_memory , If neither request_memory nor vm_memory is specified, the value is set by the configuration variable JOB_DEFAULT_REQUESTMEMORY The actual amount of memory used by a job is represented by the job ClassAd attribute MemoryUsage.

For pools that enable dynamic condor_startd provisioning, a dynamic slot will be created with at least this much RAM.

The expression

&& (RequestMemory <= Target.Memory)

is appended to the requirements expression for the job.

Characters may be appended to a numerical value to indicate units. K or KB indicates KiB, 210 numbers of bytes. M or MB indicates MiB, 220 numbers of bytes. G or GB indicates GiB, 230 numbers of bytes. T or TB indicates TiB, 240 numbers of bytes.

request_GPUs

request_<name> = <quantity>

The required amount of the custom machine resource identified by <name> that this job needs. The custom machine resource is defined in the machine's configuration. Machines that have available GPUs will define <name> to be GPUs. <name> must be at least two characters, and must not begin with _. If <name> is either Cpu or Gpu a warning will be printed since these are common typos.

cuda_version = <version>

The version of the CUDA runtime, if any, used or required by this job, specified as <major>.<minor> (for example, 9.1). If the minor version number is zero, you may specify only the major version number. A single version number of 1000 or higher is assumed to be the integer-coded version number (major * 1000 + (minor % 100)).

This does not arrange for the CUDA runtime to be present, only for the job to run on a machine whose driver supports the specified version.

requirements = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

The requirements command is a boolean ClassAd expression which uses C-like operators. In order for any job in this cluster to run on a given machine, this requirements expression must evaluate to true on the given machine.

For scheduler and local universe jobs, the requirements expression is evaluated against the Scheduler ClassAd which represents the the condor_schedd daemon running on the access point, rather than a remote machine. Like all commands in the submit description file, if multiple requirements commands are present, all but the last one are ignored. By default, condor_submit appends the following clauses to the requirements expression:

View the requirements of a job which has already been submitted (along with everything else about the job ClassAd) with the command condor_q -l; see the command reference for condor_q. Also, see the HTCondor Users Manual for complete information on the syntax and available attributes that can be used in the ClassAd expression.

dont_encrypt_input_files = < file1,file2,file... >

A comma and/or space separated list of input files that are not to be network encrypted when transferred with the file transfer mechanism. Specification of files in this manner overrides configuration that would use encryption. Each input file must also be in the list given by transfer_input_files. When a path to an input file or directory is specified, this specifies the path to the file on the submit side. A single wild card character (*) may be used in each file name.

dont_encrypt_output_files = < file1,file2,file... >

A comma and/or space separated list of output files that are not to be network encrypted when transferred back with the file transfer mechanism. Specification of files in this manner overrides configuration that would use encryption. The output file(s) must also either be in the list given by transfer_output_files or be discovered and to be transferred back with the file transfer mechanism. When a path to an output file or directory is specified, this specifies the path to the file on the execute side. A single wild card character (*) may be used in each file name.

encrypt_execute_directory = <True | False>

Defaults to False. If set to True, HTCondor will encrypt the contents of the remote scratch directory of the machine where the job is executed. This encryption is transparent to the job itself, but ensures that files left behind on the local disk of the execute machine, perhaps due to a system crash, will remain private. In addition, condor_submit will append to the job's requirements expression

&& (TARGET.HasEncryptExecuteDirectory)

to ensure the job is matched to a machine that is capable of encrypting the contents of the execute directory. This support is limited to Windows platforms that use the NTFS file system and Linux platforms with the ecryptfs-utils package installed.

encrypt_input_files = < file1,file2,file... >

A comma and/or space separated list of input files that are to be network encrypted when transferred with the file transfer mechanism. Specification of files in this manner overrides configuration that would not use encryption. Each input file must also be in the list given by transfer_input_files. When a path to an input file or directory is specified, this specifies the path to the file on the submit side. A single wild card character (*) may be used in each file name. The method of encryption utilized will be as agreed upon in security negotiation; if that negotiation failed, then the file transfer mechanism must also fail for files to be network encrypted.

encrypt_output_files = < file1,file2,file... >

A comma and/or space separated list of output files that are to be network encrypted when transferred back with the file transfer mechanism. Specification of files in this manner overrides configuration that would not use encryption. The output file(s) must also either be in the list given by transfer_output_files or be discovered and to be transferred back with the file transfer mechanism. When a path to an output file or directory is specified, this specifies the path to the file on the execute side. A single wild card character (*) may be used in each file name. The method of encryption utilized will be as agreed upon in security negotiation; if that negotiation failed, then the file transfer mechanism must also fail for files to be network encrypted.

erase_output_and_error_on_restart = < true | false>

If false, and when_to_transfer_output is ON_EXIT_OR_EVICT, HTCondor will append to the output and error logs rather than erase (truncate) them when the job restarts.

max_transfer_input_mb = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

This integer expression specifies the maximum allowed total size in MiB of the input files that are transferred for a job. This expression does not apply to grid universe or files transferred via file transfer plug-ins. The expression may refer to attributes of the job. The special value -1 indicates no limit. If not defined, the value set by configuration variable MAX_TRANSFER_INPUT_MB is used. If the observed size of all input files at submit time is larger than the limit, the job will be immediately placed on hold with a HoldReasonCode value of 32. If the job passes this initial test, but the size of the input files increases or the limit decreases so that the limit is violated, the job will be placed on hold at the time when the file transfer is attempted.

max_transfer_output_mb = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

This integer expression specifies the maximum allowed total size in MiB of the output files that are transferred for a job. This expression does not apply to grid universe or files transferred via file transfer plug-ins. The expression may refer to attributes of the job. The special value -1 indicates no limit. If not set, the value set by configuration variable MAX_TRANSFER_OUTPUT_MB is used. If the total size of the job's output files to be transferred is larger than the limit, the job will be placed on hold with a HoldReasonCode value of 33. The output will be transferred up to the point when the limit is hit, so some files may be fully transferred, some partially, and some not at all.

output_destination = <destination-URL>

When present, defines a URL that specifies both a plug-in and a destination for the transfer of the entire output sandbox or a subset of output files as specified by the submit command transfer_output_files. The plug-in does the transfer of files, and no files are sent back to the access point. The HTCondor Administrator's manual has full details.

should_transfer_files = <YES | NO | IF_NEEDED >

The should_transfer_files setting is used to define if HTCondor should transfer files to and from the remote machine where the job runs. The file transfer mechanism is used to run jobs on machines which do not have a shared file system with the submit machine. should_transfer_files equal to YES will cause HTCondor to always transfer files for the job. NO disables HTCondor's file transfer mechanism. IF_NEEDED will not transfer files for the job if it is matched with a resource in the same FileSystemDomain as the access point (and therefore, on a machine with the same shared file system). If the job is matched with a remote resource in a different FileSystemDomain, HTCondor will transfer the necessary files.

For more information about this and other settings related to transferring files, see the HTCondor User's manual section on the file transfer mechanism.

Note that should_transfer_files is not supported for jobs submitted to the grid universe.

skip_filechecks = <True | False>

When True, file permission checks for the submitted job are disabled. When False, file permissions are checked; this is the behavior when this command is not present in the submit description file. File permissions are checked for read permissions on all input files, such as those defined by commands input and transfer_input_files, and for write permission to output files, such as a log file defined by log and output files defined with output or transfer_output_files.

stream_error = <True | False>

If True, then stderr is streamed back to the machine from which the job was submitted. If False, stderr is stored locally and transferred back when the job completes. This command is ignored if the job ClassAd attribute TransferErr is False. The default value is False. This command must be used in conjunction with error, otherwise stderr will sent to /dev/null on Unix machines and ignored on Windows machines.

stream_input = <True | False>

If True, then stdin is streamed from the machine on which the job was submitted. The default value is False. The command is only relevant for jobs submitted to the vanilla or java universes, and it is ignored by the grid universe. This command must be used in conjunction with input, otherwise stdin will be /dev/null on Unix machines and ignored on Windows machines.

stream_output = <True | False>

If True, then stdout is streamed back to the machine from which the job was submitted. If False, stdout is stored locally and transferred back when the job completes. This command is ignored if the job ClassAd attribute TransferOut is False. The default value is False. This command must be used in conjunction with output, otherwise stdout will sent to /dev/null on Unix machines and ignored on Windows machines.

transfer_executable = <True | False>

This command is applicable to jobs submitted to the grid and vanilla universes. If transfer_executable is set to False, then HTCondor looks for the executable on the remote machine, and does not transfer the executable over. This is useful for an already pre-staged executable; HTCondor behaves more like rsh. The default value is True.

transfer_input_files = < file1,file2,file... >

A comma-delimited list of all the files and directories to be transferred into the working directory for the job, before the job is started. By default, the file specified in the executable command and any file specified in the input command (for example, stdin) are transferred.

When a path to an input file or directory is specified, this specifies the path to the file on the submit side. The file is placed in the job's temporary scratch directory on the execute side, and it is named using the base name of the original path. For example, /path/to/input_file becomes input_file in the job's scratch directory.

When a directory is specified, the behavior depends on whether there is a trailing path separator character. When a directory is specified with a trailing path separator, it is as if each of the items within the directory were listed in the transfer list. Therefore, the contents are transferred, but the directory itself is not. When there is no trailing path separator, the directory itself is transferred with all of its contents inside it. On platforms such as Windows where the path separator is not a forward slash (/), a trailing forward slash is treated as equivalent to a trailing path separator. An example of an input directory specified with a trailing forward slash is input_data/.

For grid universe jobs other than HTCondor-C, the transfer of directories is not currently supported.

Symbolic links to files are transferred as the files they point to. Transfer of symbolic links to directories is not currently supported.

For vanilla and vm universe jobs only, a file may be specified by giving a URL, instead of a file name. The implementation for URL transfers requires both configuration and available plug-in.

If you have a plugin which handles https:// URLs (and HTCondor ships with one enabled), HTCondor supports pre-signing S3 URLs. This allows you to specify S3 URLs for this command, for transfer_output_remaps, and for output_destination. By pre-signing the URLs on the submit node, HTCondor avoids transferring your S3 credentials to the execute node. You must specify aws_access_key_id_file and aws_secret_access_key_file; you may specify aws_region, if necessary; see below. To use the S3 service provided by AWS, use S3 URLs of the following forms:

# For older buckets that aren't region-specific.
s3://<bucket>/<key>
# For newer, region-specific buckets.
s3://<bucket>.s3.<region>.amazonaws.com/<key>

To use other S3 services, where <host> must contain a .:

s3://<host>/<key>
# If necessary
aws_region = <region>

You may specify the corresponding access key ID and secret access key with s3_access_key_id_file and s3_secret_access_key_file if you prefer (which may reduce confusion, if you're not using AWS).

If you must access S3 using temporary credentials, you may specify the temporary credentials using aws_access_key_id_file and aws_secret_access_key_file for the files containing the corresponding temporary token, and +EC2SessionToken for the file containing the session token.

Temporary credentials have a limited lifetime. If you are using S3 only to download input files, the job must start before the credentials expire. If you are using S3 to upload output files, the job must finish before the credentials expire. HTCondor does not know when the credentials will expire; if they do so before they are needed, file transfer will fail.

HTCondor does not presently support transferring entire buckets or directories from S3.

HTCondor supports Google Cloud Storage URLs -- gs:// -- via Google's "interoperability" API. You may specify gs:// URLs as if they were s3:// URLs, and they work the same way. You may specify the corresponding access key ID and secret access key with gs_access_key_id_file and gs_secret_access_key_file if you prefer (which may reduce confusion).

Note that (at present), you may not provide more than one set of credentials for s3:// or gs:// file transfer; this implies that all such URLs download from or upload to the same service.

transfer_output_files = < file1,file2,file... >

This command forms an explicit list of output files and directories to be transferred back from the temporary working directory on the execute machine to the access point. If there are multiple files, they must be delimited with commas. Setting transfer_output_files to the empty string ("") means that no files are to be transferred.

For HTCondor-C jobs and all other non-grid universe jobs, if transfer_output_files is not specified, HTCondor will automatically transfer back all files in the job's temporary working directory which have been modified or created by the job. Subdirectories are not scanned for output, so if output from subdirectories is desired, the output list must be explicitly specified. For grid universe jobs other than HTCondor-C, desired output files must also be explicitly listed. Another reason to explicitly list output files is for a job that creates many files, and the user wants only a subset transferred back.

For grid universe jobs other than with grid type condor, to have files other than standard output and standard error transferred from the execute machine back to the access point, do use transfer_output_files, listing all files to be transferred. These files are found on the execute machine in the working directory of the job.

When a path to an output file or directory is specified, it specifies the path to the file on the execute side. As a destination on the submit side, the file is placed in the job's initial working directory, and it is named using the base name of the original path. For example, path/to/output_file becomes output_file in the job's initial working directory. The name and path of the file that is written on the submit side may be modified by using transfer_output_remaps. Note that this remap function only works with files but not with directories.

When a directory is specified, the behavior depends on whether there is a trailing path separator character. When a directory is specified with a trailing path separator, it is as if each of the items within the directory were listed in the transfer list. Therefore, the contents are transferred, but the directory itself is not. When there is no trailing path separator, the directory itself is transferred with all of its contents inside it. On platforms such as Windows where the path separator is not a forward slash (/), a trailing forward slash is treated as equivalent to a trailing path separator. An example of an input directory specified with a trailing forward slash is input_data/.

For grid universe jobs other than HTCondor-C, the transfer of directories is not currently supported.

Symbolic links to files are transferred as the files they point to. Transfer of symbolic links to directories is not currently supported.

transfer_checkpoint_files = < file1,file2,file3... >

If present, this command defines the list of files and/or directories which constitute the job's checkpoint. When the job successfully checkpoints -- see checkpoint_exit_code -- these files will be transferred to the submit node's spool.

If this command is absent, the output is transferred instead.

If no files or directories are specified, nothing will be transferred. This is generally not useful.

The list is interpreted like transfer_output_files, but there is no corresponding remaps command.

checkpoint_destination = <destination-URL>

When present, defines a URL that specifies both a plug-in and a destination for the transfer of the entire checkpoint of a job. The plug-in does the transfer of files, and no files are sent back to the access point.

preserve_relative_paths = < True | False >

For vanilla and Docker -universe jobs (and others that use the shadow), this command modifies the behavior of the file transfer commands. When set to true, the destination for an entry that is a relative path in a file transfer list becomes its relative path, not its basename. For example, input_data/b (and its contents, if it is a directory) will be transferred to input_data/b, not b. This applies to the input, output, and checkpoint lists.

Trailing slashes are ignored when preserve_relative_paths is set.

transfer_output_remaps = < " name = newname ; name2 = newname2 ... ">

This specifies the name (and optionally path) to use when downloading output files from the completed job. Normally, output files are transferred back to the initial working directory with the same name they had in the execution directory. This gives you the option to save them with a different path or name. If you specify a relative path, the final path will be relative to the job's initial working directory, and HTCondor will create directories as necessary to transfer the file.

name describes an output file name produced by your job, and newname describes the file name it should be downloaded to. Multiple remaps can be specified by separating each with a semicolon. If you wish to remap file names that contain equals signs or semicolons, these special characters may be escaped with a backslash. You cannot specify directories to be remapped.

Note that whether an output file is transferred is controlled by transfer_output_files. Listing a file in transfer_output_remaps is not sufficient to cause it to be transferred.

transfer_plugins = < tag=plugin ; tag2,tag3=plugin2 ... >

Specifies the file transfer plugins (see Third Party/Delegated file, credential and checkpoint transfer) that should be transferred along with the input files prior to invoking file transfer plugins for files specified in transfer_input_files. tag should be a URL prefix that is used in transfer_input_files, and plugin is the path to a file transfer plugin that will handle that type of URL transfer.

when_to_transfer_output = < ON_EXIT | ON_EXIT_OR_EVICT | ON_SUCCESS >

Setting when_to_transfer_output to ON_EXIT will cause HTCondor to transfer the job's output files back to the submitting machine when the job completes (exits on its own). If a job is evicted and started again, the subsequent execution will start with only the executable and input files in the scratch directory sandbox. If transfer_output_files is not set, HTCondor considers all new files in the sandbox's top-level directory to be the output; subdirectories and their contents will not be transferred.

Setting when_to_transfer_output to ON_EXIT_OR_EVICT will cause HTCondor to transfer the job's output files when the job completes (exits on its own) and when the job is evicted. When the job is evicted, HTCondor will transfer the output files to a temporary directory on the submit node (determined by the SPOOL configuration variable). When the job restarts, these files will be transferred instead of the input files. If transfer_output_files is not set, HTCondor considers all files in the sandbox's top-level directory to be the output; subdirectories and their contents will not be transferred.

Setting when_to_transfer_output to ON_SUCCESS will cause HTCondor to transfer the job's output files when the job completes successfully. Success is defined by the success_exit_code command, which must be set, even if the successful value is the default 0. If transfer_output_files is not set, HTCondor considers all new files in the sandbox's top-level directory to be the output; subdirectories and their contents will not be transferred.

In all three cases, the job will go on hold if transfer_output_files specifies a file which does not exist at transfer time.

aws_access_key_id_file, s3_access_key_id_file

One of these commands is required if you specify an s3:// URL; they specify the file containing the access key ID (and only the access key ID) used to pre-sign the URLs. Use only one.

aws_secret_access_key_file, s3_secret_access_key_file

One of these commands is required if you specify an s3:// URL; they specify the file containing the secret access key (and only the secret access key) used to pre-sign the URLs. Use only one.

aws_region

Optional if you specify an S3 URL (and ignored otherwise), this command specifies the region to use if one is not specified in the URL.

gs_access_key_id_file

Required if you specify a gs:// URLs, this command specifies the file containing the access key ID (and only the access key ID) used to pre-sign the URLs.

gs_secret_access_key_file

Required if you specify a gs:// URLs, this command specifies the file containing the secret access key (and only the secret access key) used to pre-sign the URLs.

allowed_execute_duration = <integer>

The longest time for which a job may be executing. Jobs which exceed this duration will go on hold. This time does not include file-transfer time. Jobs which self-checkpoint have this long to write out each checkpoint.

This attribute is intended to help minimize the time wasted by jobs which may erroneously run forever.

allowed_job_duration = <integer>

The longest time for which a job may continuously be in the running state. Jobs which exceed this duration will go on hold. Exiting the running state resets the job duration used by this command.

This command is intended to help minimize the time wasted by jobs which may erroneously run forever.

max_retries = <integer>

The maximum number of retries allowed for this job (must be non-negative). If the job fails (does not exit with the success_exit_code exit code) it will be retried up to max_retries times (unless retries are ceased because of the retry_until command). If max_retries is not defined, and either retry_until or success_exit_code is, the value of DEFAULT_JOB_MAX_RETRIES will be used for the maximum number of retries.

The combination of the max_retries, retry_until, and success_exit_code commands causes an appropriate OnExitRemove expression to be automatically generated. If retry command(s) and on_exit_remove are both defined, the OnExitRemove expression will be generated by OR'ing the expression specified in OnExitRemove and the expression generated by the retry commands.

retry_until = <Integer | ClassAd Boolean Expression>

An integer value or boolean expression that prevents further retries from taking place, even if max_retries have not been exhausted. If retry_until is an integer, the job exiting with that exit code will cause retries to cease. If retry_until is a ClassAd expression, the expression evaluating to True will cause retries to cease. For example, if you only want to retry exit codes 17, 34, and 81:

max_retries = 5
retry_until = !member( ExitCode, {17, 34, 81} )

success_exit_code = <integer>

The exit code that is considered successful for this job. Defaults to 0 if not defined.

Note: non-zero values of success_exit_code should generally not be used for DAG node jobs, unless when_to_transfer_output is set to ON_SUCCESS in order to avoid failed jobs going on hold.

At the present time, condor_dagman does not take into account the value of success_exit_code. This means that, if success_exit_code is set to a non-zero value, condor_dagman will consider the job failed when it actually succeeds. For single-proc DAG node jobs, this can be overcome by using a POST script that takes into account the value of success_exit_code (although this is not recommended). For multi-proc DAG node jobs, there is currently no way to overcome this limitation.

checkpoint_exit_code = <integer>

The exit code which indicates that the executable has exited after successfully taking a checkpoint. The checkpoint will transferred and the executable restarted. See users-manual/self-checkpointing-applications:Self-Checkpointing Applications for details.

hold = <True | False>

If hold is set to True, then the submitted job will be placed into the Hold state. Jobs in the Hold state will not run until released by condor_release. Defaults to False.

keep_claim_idle = <integer>

An integer number of seconds that a job requests the condor_schedd to wait before releasing its claim after the job exits or after the job is removed.

The process by which the condor_schedd claims a condor_startd is somewhat time-consuming. To amortize this cost, the condor_schedd tries to reuse claims to run subsequent jobs, after a job using a claim is done. However, it can only do this if there is an idle job in the queue at the moment the previous job completes. Sometimes, and especially for the node jobs when using DAGMan, there is a subsequent job about to be submitted, but it has not yet arrived in the queue when the previous job completes. As a result, the condor_schedd releases the claim, and the next job must wait an entire negotiation cycle to start. When this submit command is defined with a non-negative integer, when the job exits, the condor_schedd tries as usual to reuse the claim. If it cannot, instead of releasing the claim, the condor_schedd keeps the claim until either the number of seconds given as a parameter, or a new job which matches that claim arrives, whichever comes first. The condor_startd in question will remain in the Claimed/Idle state, and the original job will be "charged" (in terms of priority) for the time in this state.

leave_in_queue = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

When the ClassAd Expression evaluates to True, the job is not removed from the queue upon completion. This allows the user of a remotely spooled job to retrieve output files in cases where HTCondor would have removed them as part of the cleanup associated with completion. The job will only exit the queue once it has been marked for removal (via condor_rm, for example) and the leave_in_queue, expression has become False. leave_in_queue defaults to False.

As an example, if the job is to be removed once the output is retrieved with condor_transfer_data, then use

leave_in_queue = (JobStatus == 4) && ((StageOutFinish =?= UNDEFINED) ||\
                 (StageOutFinish == 0))

next_job_start_delay = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

This expression specifies the number of seconds to delay after starting up this job before the next job is started. The maximum allowed delay is specified by the HTCondor configuration variable MAX_NEXT_JOB_START_DELAY, which defaults to 10 minutes. This command does not apply to scheduler or local universe jobs.

This command has been historically used to implement a form of job start throttling from the job submitter's perspective. It was effective for the case of multiple job submission where the transfer of extremely large input data sets to the execute machine caused machine performance to suffer. This command is no longer useful, as throttling should be accomplished through configuration of the condor_schedd daemon.

on_exit_hold = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

The ClassAd expression is checked when the job exits, and if True, places the job into the Hold state. If False (the default value when not defined), then nothing happens and the on_exit_remove expression is checked to determine if that needs to be applied.

For example: Suppose a job is known to run for a minimum of an hour. If the job exits after less than an hour, the job should be placed on hold and an e-mail notification sent, instead of being allowed to leave the queue.

on_exit_hold = (time() - JobStartDate) < (60 * $(MINUTE))

This expression places the job on hold if it exits for any reason before running for an hour. An e-mail will be sent to the user explaining that the job was placed on hold because this expression became True.

periodic_* expressions take precedence over on_exit_* expressions, and *_hold expressions take precedence over a *_remove expressions.

Only job ClassAd attributes will be defined for use by this ClassAd expression. This expression is available for the vanilla, java, parallel, grid, local and scheduler universes.

on_exit_hold_reason = <ClassAd String Expression>

When the job is placed on hold due to the on_exit_hold expression becoming True, this expression is evaluated to set the value of HoldReason in the job ClassAd. If this expression is UNDEFINED or produces an empty or invalid string, a default description is used.

on_exit_hold_subcode = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

When the job is placed on hold due to the on_exit_hold expression becoming True, this expression is evaluated to set the value of HoldReasonSubCode in the job ClassAd. The default subcode is 0. The HoldReasonCode will be set to 3, which indicates that the job went on hold due to a job policy expression.

on_exit_remove = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

The ClassAd expression is checked when the job exits, and if True (the default value when undefined), then it allows the job to leave the queue normally. If False, then the job is placed back into the Idle state. If the user job runs under the vanilla universe, then the job restarts from the beginning.

For example, suppose a job occasionally segfaults, but chances are that the job will finish successfully if the job is run again with the same data. The on_exit_remove expression can cause the job to run again with the following command. Assume that the signal identifier for the segmentation fault is 11 on the platform where the job will be running.

on_exit_remove = (ExitBySignal == False) || (ExitSignal != 11)

This expression lets the job leave the queue if the job was not killed by a signal or if it was killed by a signal other than 11, representing segmentation fault in this example. So, if the exited due to signal 11, it will stay in the job queue. In any other case of the job exiting, the job will leave the queue as it normally would have done.

As another example, if the job should only leave the queue if it exited on its own with status 0, this on_exit_remove expression works well:

on_exit_remove = (ExitBySignal == False) && (ExitCode == 0)

If the job was killed by a signal or exited with a non-zero exit status, HTCondor would leave the job in the queue to run again.

periodic_* expressions take precedence over on_exit_* expressions, and *_hold expressions take precedence over a *_remove expressions.

Only job ClassAd attributes will be defined for use by this ClassAd expression.

periodic_hold = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

This expression is checked periodically when the job is not in the Held state. If it becomes True, the job will be placed on hold. If unspecified, the default value is False.

periodic_* expressions take precedence over on_exit_* expressions, and *_hold expressions take precedence over a *_remove expressions.

Only job ClassAd attributes will be defined for use by this ClassAd expression. Note that, by default, this expression is only checked once every 60 seconds. The period of these evaluations can be adjusted by setting the PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, MAX_PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, and PERIODIC_EXPR_TIMESLICE configuration macros.

periodic_hold_reason = <ClassAd String Expression>

When the job is placed on hold due to the periodic_hold expression becoming True, this expression is evaluated to set the value of HoldReason in the job ClassAd. If this expression is UNDEFINED or produces an empty or invalid string, a default description is used.

periodic_hold_subcode = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

When the job is placed on hold due to the periodic_hold expression becoming true, this expression is evaluated to set the value of HoldReasonSubCode in the job ClassAd. The default subcode is 0. The HoldReasonCode will be set to 3, which indicates that the job went on hold due to a job policy expression.

periodic_release = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

This expression is checked periodically when the job is in the Held state. If the expression becomes True, the job will be released. If the job was held via condor_hold (i.e. HoldReasonCode is 1), then this expression is ignored.

Only job ClassAd attributes will be defined for use by this ClassAd expression. Note that, by default, this expression is only checked once every 60 seconds. The period of these evaluations can be adjusted by setting the PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, MAX_PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, and PERIODIC_EXPR_TIMESLICE configuration macros.

periodic_remove = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

This expression is checked periodically. If it becomes True, the job is removed from the queue. If unspecified, the default value is False.

See the Examples section of this manual page for an example of a periodic_remove expression.

periodic_* expressions take precedence over on_exit_* expressions, and *_hold expressions take precedence over a *_remove expressions. So, the periodic_remove expression takes precedent over the on_exit_remove expression, if the two describe conflicting actions.

Only job ClassAd attributes will be defined for use by this ClassAd expression. Note that, by default, this expression is only checked once every 60 seconds. The period of these evaluations can be adjusted by setting the PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, MAX_PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, and PERIODIC_EXPR_TIMESLICE configuration macros.

periodic_vacate = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

This expression is checked periodically for running jobs. If it becomes True, job is evicted from the machine it is running on, and return to the queue, in an Idle state. If unspecified, the default value is False.

Only job ClassAd attributes will be defined for use by this ClassAd expression. Note that, by default, this expression is only checked once every 60 seconds. The period of these evaluations can be adjusted by setting the PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, MAX_PERIODIC_EXPR_INTERVAL, and PERIODIC_EXPR_TIMESLICE configuration macros.

arc_application = <XML-string>

For grid universe jobs of type arc, provides additional XML attributes under the <Application> section of the ARC ADL job description which are not covered by regular submit description file parameters.

arc_resources = <XML-string>

For grid universe jobs of type arc, provides additional XML attributes under the <Resources> section of the ARC ADL job description which are not covered by regular submit description file parameters.

arc_rte = < rte1 option,rte2 >

For grid universe jobs of type arc, provides a list of Runtime Environment names that the job requires on the ARC system. The list is comma-delimited. If a Runtime Environment name supports options, those can be provided after the name, separated by spaces. Runtime Environment names are defined by the ARC server.

azure_admin_key = <pathname>

For grid type azure jobs, specifies the path and file name of a file that contains an SSH public key. This key can be used to log into the administrator account of the instance via SSH.

azure_admin_username = <account name>

For grid type azure jobs, specifies the name of an administrator account to be created in the instance. This account can be logged into via SSH.

azure_auth_file = <pathname>

For grid type azure jobs, specifies a path and file name of the authorization file that grants permission for HTCondor to use the Azure account. If it's not defined, then HTCondor will attempt to use the default credentials of the Azure CLI tools.

azure_image = <image id>

For grid type azure jobs, identifies the disk image to be used for the boot disk of the instance. This image must already be registered within Azure.

azure_location = <image id>

For grid type azure jobs, identifies the location within Azure where the instance should be run. As an example, one current location is centralus.

azure_size = <machine type>

For grid type azure jobs, the hardware configuration that the virtual machine instance is to run on.

batch_extra_submit_args = <command-line arguments>

Used for batch grid universe jobs. Specifies additional command-line arguments to be given to the target batch system's job submission command.

batch_project = <projectname>

Used for batch grid universe jobs. Specifies the name of the PBS/LSF/SGE/SLURM project, account, or allocation that should be charged for the resources used by the job.

batch_queue = <queuename>

Used for batch grid universe jobs. Specifies the name of the PBS/LSF/SGE/SLURM job queue into which the job should be submitted. If not specified, the default queue is used. For a multi-cluster SLURM configuration, which cluster to use can be specified by supplying the name after an @ symbol. For example, to submit a job to the debug queue on cluster foo, you would use the value debug@foo.

batch_runtime = <seconds>

Used for batch grid universe jobs. Specifies a limit in seconds on the execution time of the job. This limit is enforced by the PBS/LSF/SGE/SLURM scheduler.

cloud_label_names = <name0,name1,name...>

For grid type gce jobs, specifies the case of tag names that will be associated with the running instance. This is only necessary if a tag name case matters. By default the list will be automatically generated.

cloud_label_<name> = <value>

For grid type gce jobs, specifies a label and value to be associated with the running instance. The label name will be lower-cased; use cloud_label_names to change the case.

delegate_job_GSI_credentials_lifetime = <seconds>

Specifies the maximum number of seconds for which delegated proxies should be valid. The default behavior when this command is not specified is determined by the configuration variable DELEGATE_JOB_GSI_CREDENTIALS_LIFETIME, which defaults to one day. A value of 0 indicates that the delegated proxy should be valid for as long as allowed by the credential used to create the proxy. This setting currently only applies to proxies delegated for non-grid jobs and for HTCondor-C jobs. This variable has no effect if the configuration variable DELEGATE_JOB_GSI_CREDENTIALS is False, because in that case the job proxy is copied rather than delegated.

ec2_access_key_id = <pathname>

For grid type ec2 jobs, identifies the file containing the access key.

ec2_ami_id = <EC2 xMI ID>

For grid type ec2 jobs, identifies the machine image. Services compatible with the EC2 Query API may refer to these with abbreviations other than AMI, for example EMI is valid for Eucalyptus.

ec2_availability_zone = <zone name>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the Availability Zone that the instance should be run in. This command is optional, unless ec2_ebs_volumes is set. As an example, one current zone is us-east-1b.

ec2_block_device_mapping = <block-device>:<kernel-device>,<block-device>:<kernel-device>, ...

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the block device to kernel device mapping. This command is optional.

ec2_ebs_volumes = <ebs name>:<device name>,<ebs name>:<device name>,...

For grid type ec2 jobs, optionally specifies a list of Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes to be made available to the instance and the device names they should have in the instance.

ec2_elastic_ip = <elastic IP address>

For grid type ec2 jobs, and optional specification of an Elastic IP address that should be assigned to this instance.

ec2_iam_profile_arn = <IAM profile ARN>

For grid type ec2 jobs, an Amazon Resource Name (ARN) identifying which Identity and Access Management (IAM) (instance) profile to associate with the instance.

ec2_iam_profile_name = <IAM profile name>

For grid type ec2 jobs, a name identifying which Identity and Access Management (IAM) (instance) profile to associate with the instance.

ec2_instance_type = <instance type>

For grid type ec2 jobs, identifies the instance type. Different services may offer different instance types, so no default value is set.

ec2_keypair = <ssh key-pair name>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the name of an SSH key-pair that is already registered with the EC2 service. The associated private key can be used to ssh into the virtual machine once it is running.

ec2_keypair_file = <pathname>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the complete path and file name of a file into which HTCondor will write an SSH key for use with ec2 jobs. The key can be used to ssh into the virtual machine once it is running. If ec2_keypair is specified for a job, ec2_keypair_file is ignored.

ec2_parameter_names = ParameterName1, ParameterName2, ...

For grid type ec2 jobs, a space or comma separated list of the names of additional parameters to pass when instantiating an instance.

ec2_parameter_<name> = <value>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the value for the correspondingly named (instance instantiation) parameter. <name> is the parameter name specified in the submit command ec2_parameter_names, but with any periods replaced by underscores.

ec2_secret_access_key = <pathname>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the path and file name containing the secret access key.

ec2_security_groups = group1, group2, ...

For grid type ec2 jobs, defines the list of EC2 security groups which should be associated with the job.

ec2_security_ids = id1, id2, ...

For grid type ec2 jobs, defines the list of EC2 security group IDs which should be associated with the job.

ec2_spot_price = <bid>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the spot instance bid, which is the most that the job submitter is willing to pay per hour to run this job.

ec2_tag_names = <name0,name1,name...>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies the case of tag names that will be associated with the running instance. This is only necessary if a tag name case matters. By default the list will be automatically generated.

ec2_tag_<name> = <value>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies a tag to be associated with the running instance. The tag name will be lower-cased; use ec2_tag_names to change the case.

WantNameTag = <True | False>

For grid type ec2 jobs, a job may request that its 'name' tag be (not) set by HTCondor. If the job does not otherwise specify any tags, not setting its name tag will eliminate a call by the EC2 GAHP, improving performance.

ec2_user_data = <data>

For grid type ec2 jobs, provides a block of data that can be accessed by the virtual machine. If both ec2_user_data and ec2_user_data_file are specified for a job, the two blocks of data are concatenated, with the data from this ec2_user_data submit command occurring first.

ec2_user_data_file = <pathname>

For grid type ec2 jobs, specifies a path and file name whose contents can be accessed by the virtual machine. If both ec2_user_data and ec2_user_data_file are specified for a job, the two blocks of data are concatenated, with the data from that ec2_user_data submit command occurring first.

ec2_vpc_ip = <a.b.c.d>

For grid type ec2 jobs, that are part of a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), an optional specification of the IP address that this instance should have within the VPC.

ec2_vpc_subnet = <subnet specification string>

For grid type ec2 jobs, an optional specification of the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) that this instance should be a part of.

gce_account = <account name>

For grid type gce jobs, specifies the Google cloud services account to use. If this submit command isn't specified, then a random account from the authorization file given by gce_auth_file will be used.

gce_auth_file = <pathname>

For grid type gce jobs, specifies a path and file name of the authorization file that grants permission for HTCondor to use the Google account. If this command is not specified, then the default file of the Google command-line tools will be used.

gce_image = <image id>

For grid type gce jobs, the identifier of the virtual machine image representing the HTCondor job to be run. This virtual machine image must already be register with GCE and reside in Google's Cloud Storage service.

gce_json_file = <pathname>

For grid type gce jobs, specifies the path and file name of a file that contains JSON elements that should be added to the instance description submitted to the GCE service.

gce_machine_type = <machine type>

For grid type gce jobs, the long form of the URL that describes the machine configuration that the virtual machine instance is to run on.

gce_metadata = <name=value,...,name=value>

For grid type gce jobs, a comma separated list of name and value pairs that define metadata for a virtual machine instance that is an HTCondor job.

gce_metadata_file = <pathname>

For grid type gce jobs, specifies a path and file name of the file that contains metadata for a virtual machine instance that is an HTCondor job. Within the file, each name and value pair is on its own line; so, the pairs are separated by the newline character.

gce_preemptible = <True | False>

For grid type gce jobs, specifies whether the virtual machine instance should be preemptible. The default is for the instance to not be preemptible.

grid_resource = <grid-type-string> <grid-specific-parameter-list>

For each grid-type-string value, there are further type-specific values that must specified. This submit description file command allows each to be given in a space-separated list. Allowable grid-type-string values are arc, azure, batch, condor, ec2, and gce. The HTCondor manual chapter on Grid Computing details the variety of grid types.

For a grid-type-string of batch, the single parameter is the name of the local batch system, and will be one of pbs, lsf, slurm, or sge.

For a grid-type-string of condor, the first parameter is the name of the remote condor_schedd daemon. The second parameter is the name of the pool to which the remote condor_schedd daemon belongs.

For a grid-type-string of ec2, one additional parameter specifies the EC2 URL.

For a grid-type-string of arc, the single parameter is the name of the ARC resource to be used.

transfer_error = <True | False>

For jobs submitted to the grid universe only. If True, then the error output (from stderr) from the job is transferred from the remote machine back to the access point. The name of the file after transfer is given by the error command. If False, no transfer takes place (from the remote machine to access point), and the name of the file is given by the error command. The default value is True.

transfer_input = <True | False>

For jobs submitted to the grid universe only. If True, then the job input (stdin) is transferred from the machine where the job was submitted to the remote machine. The name of the file that is transferred is given by the input command. If False, then the job's input is taken from a pre-staged file on the remote machine, and the name of the file is given by the input command. The default value is True.

For transferring files other than stdin, see transfer_input_files.

transfer_output = <True | False>

For jobs submitted to the grid universe only. If True, then the output (from stdout) from the job is transferred from the remote machine back to the access point. The name of the file after transfer is given by the output command. If False, no transfer takes place (from the remote machine to access point), and the name of the file is given by the output command. The default value is True.

For transferring files other than stdout, see transfer_output_files,

use_x509userproxy = <True | False>

Set this command to True to indicate that the job requires an X.509 user proxy. If x509userproxy is set, then that file is used for the proxy. Otherwise, the proxy is looked for in the standard locations. If x509userproxy is set or if the job is a grid universe job of grid type arc, then the value of use_x509userproxy is forced to True. Defaults to False.

x509userproxy = <full-pathname>

Used to override the default path name for X.509 user certificates. The default location for X.509 proxies is the /tmp directory, which is generally a local file system. Setting this value would allow HTCondor to access the proxy in a shared file system (for example, AFS). HTCondor will use the proxy specified in the submit description file first. If nothing is specified in the submit description file, it will use the environment variable X509_USER_PROXY. If that variable is not present, it will search in the default location. Note that proxies are only valid for a limited time. Condor_submit will not submit a job with an expired proxy, it will return an error. Also, if the configuration parameter CRED_MIN_TIME_LEFT is set to some number of seconds, and if the proxy will expire before that many seconds, condor_submit will also refuse to submit the job. That is, if CRED_MIN_TIME_LEFT is set to 60, condor_submit will refuse to submit a job whose proxy will expire 60 seconds from the time of submission.

x509userproxy is relevant when the universe is vanilla, or when the universe is grid and the type of grid system is one of condor, or arc. Defining a value causes the proxy to be delegated to the execute machine. Further, VOMS attributes defined in the proxy will appear in the job ClassAd.

use_scitokens = <True | False | Auto>

Set this command to True to indicate that the job requires a scitoken. If scitokens_file is set, then that file is used for the scitoken filename. Otherwise, the the scitoken filename is looked for in the BEARER_TOKEN_FILE environment variable. If scitokens_file is set then the value of use_scitokens defaults to True. If the filename is not defined in on one of these two places, then condor_submit will fail with an error message. Set this command to Auto to indicate that the job will use a scitoken if scitokens_file or the BEARER_TOKEN_FILE environment variable is set, but it will not be an error if no file is specified.

scitokens_file = <full-pathname>

Used to set the path to the file containing the scitoken that the job needs, or to override the path to the scitoken contained in the BEARER_TOKEN_FILE environment variable.

hold_kill_sig = <signal-number>

For the scheduler universe only, signal-number is the signal delivered to the job when the job is put on hold with condor_hold. signal-number may be either the platform-specific name or value of the signal. If this command is not present, the value of kill_sig is used.

jar_files = <file_list>

Specifies a list of additional JAR files to include when using the Java universe. JAR files will be transferred along with the executable and automatically added to the classpath.

java_vm_args = <argument_list>

Specifies a list of additional arguments to the Java VM itself, When HTCondor runs the Java program, these are the arguments that go before the class name. This can be used to set VM-specific arguments like stack size, garbage-collector arguments and initial property values.

machine_count = <max>

For the parallel universe, a single value (max) is required. It is neither a maximum or minimum, but the number of machines to be dedicated toward running the job.

remove_kill_sig = <signal-number>

For the scheduler universe only, signal-number is the signal delivered to the job when the job is removed with condor_rm. signal-number may be either the platform-specific name or value of the signal. This example shows it both ways for a Linux signal:

remove_kill_sig = SIGUSR1
remove_kill_sig = 10

If this command is not present, the value of kill_sig is used.

vm_disk = file1:device1:permission1, file2:device2:permission2:format2, ...

A list of comma separated disk files. Each disk file is specified by 4 colon separated fields. The first field is the path and file name of the disk file. The second field specifies the device. The third field specifies permissions, and the optional fourth field specifies the image format. If a disk file will be transferred by HTCondor, then the first field should just be the simple file name (no path information).

An example that specifies two disk files:

vm_disk = /myxen/diskfile.img:sda1:w,/myxen/swap.img:sda2:w

vm_checkpoint = <True | False>

A boolean value specifying whether or not to take checkpoints. If not specified, the default value is False. In the current implementation, setting both vm_checkpoint and vm_networking to True does not yet work in all cases. Networking cannot be used if a vm universe job uses a checkpoint in order to continue execution after migration to another machine.

vm_macaddr = <MACAddr>

Defines that MAC address that the virtual machine's network interface should have, in the standard format of six groups of two hexadecimal digits separated by colons.

vm_memory = <MBytes-of-memory>

The amount of memory in MBytes that a vm universe job requires.

vm_networking = <True | False>

Specifies whether to use networking or not. In the current implementation, setting both vm_checkpoint and vm_networking to True does not yet work in all cases. Networking cannot be used if a vm universe job uses a checkpoint in order to continue execution after migration to another machine.

vm_networking_type = <nat | bridge >

When vm_networking is True, this definition augments the job's requirements to match only machines with the specified networking. If not specified, then either networking type matches.

vm_no_output_vm = <True | False>

When True, prevents HTCondor from transferring output files back to the machine from which the vm universe job was submitted. If not specified, the default value is False.

vm_type = <xen | kvm>

Specifies the underlying virtual machine software that this job expects.

xen_initrd = <image-file>

When xen_kernel gives a file name for the kernel image to use, this optional command may specify a path to a ramdisk (initrd) image file. If the image file will be transferred by HTCondor, then the value should just be the simple file name (no path information).

xen_kernel = <included | path-to-kernel>

A value of included specifies that the kernel is included in the disk file. If not one of these values, then the value is a path and file name of the kernel to be used. If a kernel file will be transferred by HTCondor, then the value should just be the simple file name (no path information).

xen_kernel_params = <string>

A string that is appended to the Xen kernel command line.

xen_root = <string>

A string that is appended to the Xen kernel command line to specify the root device. This string is required when xen_kernel gives a path to a kernel. Omission for this required case results in an error message during submission.

docker_image = < image-name >

Defines the name of the Docker image that is the basis for the docker container.

docker_network_type = < host | none | custom_admin_defined_value>

If docker_network_type is set to the string host, then the job is run using the host's network. If docker_network_type is set to the string none, then the job is run with no network. If this is not set, each job gets a private network interface. Some administrators may define site specific docker networks on a given worker node. When this is the case, additional values may be valid here.

docker_pull_policy = < always >

if docker_pull_policy is set to always, when a docker universe job starts on a worker node, the option "--pull always" will be passed to the docker run command. This only impacts worker nodes which already have a locally cached version of the image. With this option, docker will always check with the repo to see if the cached version is out of date. This requires more network connectivity, and may cause docker hub to throttle future pull requests. It is generally recommened to never mutate docker image tag name, and avoid needing this option.

container_service_names = <service-name>[, <service-name>]*

A string- or comma- separated list of service names. Each service-name must have a corresponding <service-name>_container_port command specifying a port number (an integer from 0 to 65535). HTCondor will ask Docker to forward from a host port to the specified port inside the container. When Docker has done so, HTCondor will add an attribute to the job ad for each service, <service-name>HostPort, which contains the port number on the host forwarding to the corresponding service.

container_image = < image-name >

Defines the name of the container image. Can be a singularity .sif file, a singularity exploded directory, or a path to an image in a docker style repository

container_target_dir = < path-to-directory-inside-container >

Defines the working directory of the job inside the container. Will be mapped to the scratch directory on the worker node.

accounting_group = <accounting-group-name>

Causes jobs to negotiate under the given accounting group. This value is advertised in the job ClassAd as AcctGroup. The HTCondor Administrator's manual contains more information about accounting groups.

accounting_group_user = <accounting-group-user-name>

Sets the name associated with this job to be used for resource usage accounting purposes, such as computation of fair-share priority and reporting via condor_userprio. If not set, defaults to the value of the job ClassAd attribute User. This value is advertised in the job ClassAd as AcctGroupUser.

concurrency_limits = <string-list>

A list of resources that this job needs. The resources are presumed to have concurrency limits placed upon them, thereby limiting the number of concurrent jobs in execution which need the named resource. Commas and space characters delimit the items in the list. Each item in the list is a string that identifies the limit, or it is a ClassAd expression that evaluates to a string, and it is evaluated in the context of machine ClassAd being considered as a match. Each item in the list also may specify a numerical value identifying the integer number of resources required for the job. The syntax follows the resource name by a colon character (:) and the numerical value. Details on concurrency limits are in the HTCondor Administrator's manual.

concurrency_limits_expr = <ClassAd String Expression>

A ClassAd expression that represents the list of resources that this job needs after evaluation. The ClassAd expression may specify machine ClassAd attributes that are evaluated against a matched machine. After evaluation, the list sets concurrency_limits.

copy_to_spool = <True | False>

If copy_to_spool is True, then condor_submit copies the executable to the local spool directory before running it on a remote host. As copying can be quite time consuming and unnecessary, the default value is False for all job universes. When False, condor_submit does not copy the executable to a local spool directory.

coresize = <size>

Should the user's program abort and produce a core file, coresize specifies the maximum size in bytes of the core file which the user wishes to keep. If coresize is not specified in the command file, this is set to 0 (meaning no core will be generated).

cron_day_of_month = <Cron-evaluated Day>

The set of days of the month for which a deferral time applies. The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

cron_day_of_week = <Cron-evaluated Day>

The set of days of the week for which a deferral time applies. The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

cron_hour = <Cron-evaluated Hour>

The set of hours of the day for which a deferral time applies. The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

cron_minute = <Cron-evaluated Minute>

The set of minutes within an hour for which a deferral time applies. The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

cron_month = <Cron-evaluated Month>

The set of months within a year for which a deferral time applies. The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

cron_prep_time = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

Analogous to deferral_prep_time. The number of seconds prior to a job's deferral time that the job may be matched and sent to an execution machine.

cron_window = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

Analogous to the submit command deferral_window. It allows cron jobs that miss their deferral time to begin execution.

The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

dagman_log = <pathname>

DAGMan inserts this command to specify an event log that it watches to maintain the state of the DAG. If the log command is not specified in the submit file, DAGMan uses the log command to specify the event log.

deferral_prep_time = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

The number of seconds prior to a job's deferral time that the job may be matched and sent to an execution machine.

The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

deferral_time = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

Allows a job to specify the time at which its execution is to begin, instead of beginning execution as soon as it arrives at the execution machine. The deferral time is an expression that evaluates to a Unix Epoch timestamp (the number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time). Deferral time is evaluated with respect to the execution machine. This option delays the start of execution, but not the matching and claiming of a machine for the job. If the job is not available and ready to begin execution at the deferral time, it has missed its deferral time. A job that misses its deferral time will be put on hold in the queue.

The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

Due to implementation details, a deferral time may not be used for scheduler universe jobs.

deferral_window = <ClassAd Integer Expression>

The deferral window is used in conjunction with the deferral_time command to allow jobs that miss their deferral time to begin execution.

The HTCondor User's manual section on Time Scheduling for Job Execution has further details.

description = <string>

A string that sets the value of the job ClassAd attribute JobDescription. When set, tools which display the executable such as condor_q will instead use this string.

email_attributes = <list-of-job-ad-attributes>

A comma-separated list of attributes from the job ClassAd. These attributes and their values will be included in the e-mail notification of job completion.

image_size = <size>

Advice to HTCondor specifying the maximum virtual image size to which the job will grow during its execution. HTCondor will then execute the job only on machines which have enough resources, (such as virtual memory), to support executing the job. If not specified, HTCondor will automatically make a (reasonably accurate) estimate about the job's size and adjust this estimate as the program runs. If specified and underestimated, the job may crash due to the inability to acquire more address space; for example, if malloc() fails. If the image size is overestimated, HTCondor may have difficulty finding machines which have the required resources. size is specified in KiB. For example, for an image size of 8 MiB, size should be 8000.

initialdir = <directory-path>

Used to give jobs a directory with respect to file input and output. Also provides a directory (on the machine from which the job is submitted) for the job event log, when a full path is not specified.

For vanilla universe jobs where there is a shared file system, it is the current working directory on the machine where the job is executed.

For vanilla or grid universe jobs where file transfer mechanisms are utilized (there is not a shared file system), it is the directory on the machine from which the job is submitted where the input files come from, and where the job's output files go to.

For scheduler universe jobs, it is the directory on the machine from which the job is submitted where the job runs; the current working directory for file input and output with respect to relative path names.

Note that the path to the executable is not relative to initialdir if it is a relative path, it is relative to the directory in which the condor_submit command is run.

job_ad_information_attrs = <attribute-list>

A comma-separated list of job ClassAd attribute names. The named attributes and their values are written to the job event log whenever any event is being written to the log. This implements the same thing as the configuration variable EVENT_LOG_INFORMATION_ATTRS (see the admin-manual/configuration-macros:daemon logging configuration file entries page), but it applies to the job event log, instead of the system event log.

job_lease_duration = <number-of-seconds>

For vanilla, parallel, VM, and java universe jobs only, the duration in seconds of a job lease. The default value is 2,400, or forty minutes. If a job lease is not desired, the value can be explicitly set to 0 to disable the job lease semantics. The value can also be a ClassAd expression that evaluates to an integer. The HTCondor User's manual section on Special Environment Considerations has further details.

job_machine_attrs = <attr1, attr2, ...>

A comma and/or space separated list of machine attribute names that should be recorded in the job ClassAd in addition to the ones specified by the condor_schedd daemon's system configuration variable SYSTEM_JOB_MACHINE_ATTRS. When there are multiple run attempts, history of machine attributes from previous run attempts may be kept. The number of run attempts to store may be extended beyond the system-specified history length by using the submit file command

job_machine_attrs_history_length

A machine attribute named X will be inserted into the job ClassAd as an attribute named MachineAttrX0. The previous value of this attribute will be named MachineAttrX1, the previous to that will be named MachineAttrX2, and so on, up to the specified history length. A history of length 1 means that only MachineAttrX0 will be recorded. The value recorded in the job ClassAd is the evaluation of the machine attribute in the context of the job ClassAd when the condor_schedd daemon initiates the start up of the job. If the evaluation results in an Undefined or Error result, the value recorded in the job ad will be Undefined or Error, respectively.

want_graceful_removal = <boolean expression>

If true, this job will be given a chance to shut down cleanly when removed. The job will be given as much time as the administrator of the execute resource allows, which may be none. The default is false. For details, see the configuration setting GRACEFULLY_REMOVE_JOBS.

kill_sig = <signal-number>

When HTCondor needs to kick a job off of a machine, it will send the job the signal specified by signal-number, which needs to be an integer which represents a valid signal on the execution machine. The default value is SIGTERM, which is the standard way to terminate a program in Unix.

kill_sig_timeout = <seconds>

This submit command should no longer be used. job_max_vacate_time instead. If job_max_vacate_time is not defined, this defines the number of seconds that HTCondor should wait following the sending of the kill signal defined by kill_sig and forcibly killing the job. The actual amount of time between sending the signal and forcibly killing the job is the smallest of this value and the configuration variable KILLING_TIMEOUT
, as defined on the execute machine.

load_profile = <True | False>

When True, loads the account profile of the dedicated run account for Windows jobs. May not be used with run_as_owner.

log_xml = <True | False>

If log_xml is True, then the job event log file will be written in ClassAd XML. If not specified, XML is not used. Note that the file is an XML fragment; it is missing the file header and footer. Do not mix XML and non-XML within a single file. If multiple jobs write to a single job event log file, ensure that all of the jobs specify this option in the same way.

match_list_length = <integer value>

Defaults to the value zero (0). When match_list_length is defined with an integer value greater than zero (0), attributes are inserted into the job ClassAd. The maximum number of attributes defined is given by the integer value. The job ClassAds introduced are given as

LastMatchName0 = "most-recent-Name"
LastMatchName1 = "next-most-recent-Name"

The value for each introduced ClassAd is given by the value of the Name attribute from the machine ClassAd of a previous execution (match). As a job is matched, the definitions for these attributes will roll, with LastMatchName1 becoming LastMatchName2, LastMatchName0 becoming LastMatchName1, and LastMatchName0 being set by the most recent value of the Name attribute.

An intended use of these job attributes is in the requirements expression. The requirements can allow a job to prefer a match with either the same or a different resource than a previous match.

job_max_vacate_time = <integer expression>

An integer-valued expression (in seconds) that may be used to adjust the time given to an evicted job for gracefully shutting down. If the job's setting is less than the machine's, the job's is used. If the job's setting is larger than the machine's, the result depends on whether the job has any excess retirement time. If the job has more retirement time left than the machine's max vacate time setting, then retirement time will be converted into vacating time, up to the amount requested by the job.

Setting this expression does not affect the job's resource requirements or preferences. For a job to only run on a machine with a minimum MachineMaxVacateTime, or to preferentially run on such machines, explicitly specify this in the requirements and/or rank expressions.

manifest = <True | False>

For vanilla and Docker -universe jobs (and others that use the shadow), specifies if HTCondor (the starter) should produce a "manifest", which is directory containing three files: the list of files and directories at the top level of the sandbox when file transfer in completes (in), the same when file transfer out begins (out), and a dump of the environment set for the job (environment).

This feature is not presently available for Windows.

manifest_dir = <directory name>

For vanilla and Docker -universe jobs (and others that use the shadow), specifies the directory in which to record the manifest. Specifying this enables the creation of a manifest. By default, the manifest directory is named <cluster>_<proc>_manifest, to avoid conflicts.

This feature is not presently available for Windows.

max_job_retirement_time = <integer expression>

An integer-valued expression (in seconds) that does nothing unless the machine that runs the job has been configured to provide retirement time. Retirement time is a grace period given to a job to finish when a resource claim is about to be preempted. The default behavior in many cases is to take as much retirement time as the machine offers, so this command will rarely appear in a submit description file.

When a resource claim is to be preempted, this expression in the submit file specifies the maximum run time of the job (in seconds, since the job started). This expression has no effect, if it is greater than the maximum retirement time provided by the machine policy. If the resource claim is not preempted, this expression and the machine retirement policy are irrelevant. If the resource claim is preempted the job will be allowed to run until the retirement time expires, at which point it is hard-killed. The job will be soft-killed when it is getting close to the end of retirement in order to give it time to gracefully shut down. The amount of lead-time for soft-killing is determined by the maximum vacating time granted to the job.

Any jobs running with nice_user priority have a default max_job_retirement_time of 0, so no retirement time is utilized by default. In all other cases, no default value is provided, so the maximum amount of retirement time is utilized by default.

Setting this expression does not affect the job's resource requirements or preferences. For a job to only run on a machine with a minimum MaxJobRetirementTime, or to preferentially run on such machines, explicitly specify this in the requirements and/or rank expressions.

nice_user = <True | False>

Normally, when a machine becomes available to HTCondor, HTCondor decides which job to run based upon user and job priorities. Setting nice_user equal to True tells HTCondor not to use your regular user priority, but that this job should have last priority among all users and all jobs. So jobs submitted in this fashion run only on machines which no other non-nice_user job wants - a true bottom-feeder job! This is very handy if a user has some jobs they wish to run, but do not wish to use resources that could instead be used to run other people's HTCondor jobs. Jobs submitted in this fashion have an accounting group. The accounting group is configurable by setting NICE_USER_ACCOUNTING_GROUP_NAME which defaults to nice-user The default value is False.

noop_job = <ClassAd Boolean Expression>

When this boolean expression is True, the job is immediately removed from the queue, and HTCondor makes no attempt at running the job. The log file for the job will show a job submitted event and a job terminated event, along with an exit code of 0, unless the user specifies a different signal or exit code.

noop_job_exit_code = <return value>

When noop_job is in the submit description file and evaluates to True, this command allows the job to specify the return value as shown in the job's log file job terminated event. If not specified, the job will show as having terminated with status 0. This overrides any value specified with noop_job_exit_signal.

noop_job_exit_signal = <signal number>

When noop_job is in the submit description file and evaluates to True, this command allows the job to specify the signal number that the job's log event will show the job having terminated with.

remote_initialdir = <directory-path>

The path specifies the directory in which the job is to be executed on the remote machine.

rendezvousdir = <directory-path>

Used to specify the shared file system directory to be used for file system authentication when submitting to a remote scheduler. Should be a path to a preexisting directory.

run_as_owner = <True | False>

A boolean value that causes the job to be run under the login of the submitter, if supported by the joint configuration of the submit and execute machines. On Unix platforms, this defaults to True, and on Windows platforms, it defaults to False. May not be used with load_profile. See the HTCondor manual Platform-Specific Information chapter for administrative details on configuring Windows to support this option.

stack_size = <size in bytes>

This command applies only to Linux platforms. An integer number of bytes, representing the amount of stack space to be allocated for the job. This value replaces the default allocation of stack space, which is unlimited in size.

submit_event_notes = <note>

A string that is appended to the submit event in the job's log file. For DAGMan jobs, the string DAG Node: and the node's name is automatically defined for submit_event_notes, causing the logged submit event to identify the DAG node job submitted.

ulog_execute_attrs = <attribute-list>

A comma-separated list of machine ClassAd attribute names. The named attributes and their values are written as part of the execution event in the job event log.

use_oauth_services = <list of credential service names>

A comma-separated list of credential-providing service names for which the job should be provided credentials for the job execution environment. The credential service providers must be configured by the pool admin.

<credential_service_name>_oauth_permissions[_<handle>] = <scope>

A string containing the scope(s) that should be requested for the credential named <credential_service_name>[_<handle>], where <handle> is optionally provided to differentiate between multiple credentials from the same credential service provider.

<credential_service_name>_oauth_resource[_<handle>] = <resource>

A string containing the resource (or "audience") that should be requested for the credential named <credential_service_name>[_<handle>], where <handle> is optionally provided to differentiate between multiple credentials from the same credential service provider.

MY.<attribute> = <value> or +<attribute> = <value>

A macro that begins with MY. or a line that begins with a '+' (plus) character instructs condor_submit to insert the given attribute (without + or MY.) into the job ClassAd with the given value. The macro can be referenced in other submit statements by using $(MY.<attribute>). A +<attribute> is converted to MY.<attribute> when the file is read.

Note that setting an job attribute in this way should not be used in place of one of the specific commands listed above. Often, the command name does not directly correspond to an attribute name; furthermore, many submit commands result in actions more complex than simply setting an attribute or attributes. See Job ClassAd Attributes for a list of HTCondor job attributes.

Macros

Parameterless macros in the form of $(macro_name:default initial value) may be used anywhere in HTCondor submit description files to provide textual substitution at submit time. Macros can be defined by lines in the form of

<macro_name> = <string>

Several pre-defined macros are supplied by the submit description file parser. The $(Cluster) or $(ClusterId) macro supplies the value of the

ClusterId job ClassAd attribute, and the $(Process) or $(ProcId) macro supplies the value of the ProcId job ClassAd attribute. The $(JobId) macro supplies the full job id. It is equivalent to $(ClusterId).$(ProcId). These macros are intended to aid in the specification of input/output files, arguments, etc., for clusters with lots of jobs, and/or could be used to supply an HTCondor process with its own cluster and process numbers on the command line.

The $(Node) macro is defined for parallel universe jobs, and is especially relevant for MPI applications. It is a unique value assigned for the duration of the job that essentially identifies the machine (slot) on which a program is executing. Values assigned start at 0 and increase monotonically. The values are assigned as the parallel job is about to start.

Recursive definition of macros is permitted. An example of a construction that works is the following:

foo = bar
foo =  snap $(foo)

As a result, foo = snap bar.

Note that both left- and right- recursion works, so

foo = bar
foo =  $(foo) snap

has as its result foo = bar snap.

The construction

foo = $(foo) bar

by itself will not work, as it does not have an initial base case. Mutually recursive constructions such as:

B = bar
C = $(B)
B = $(C) boo

will not work, and will fill memory with expansions.

A default value may be specified, for use if the macro has no definition. Consider the example

D = $(E:24)

Where E is not defined within the submit description file, the default value 24 is used, resulting in

D = 24

This is useful for creating submit templates where values can be passed on the condor_submit command line, but that have a default value as well. In the above example, if you give a value for E on the command line like this

condor_submit E=99 <submit-file>

The value of 99 is used for E, resulting in

D = 99

To use the dollar sign character ($) as a literal, without macro expansion, use

$(DOLLAR)

In addition to the normal macro, there is also a special kind of macro called a substitution macro
that allows the substitution of a machine ClassAd attribute value defined on the resource machine itself (gotten after a match to the machine has been made) into specific commands within the submit description file. The substitution macro is of the form:

$$(attribute)

As this form of the substitution macro is only evaluated within the context of the machine ClassAd, use of a scope resolution prefix TARGET. or MY. is not allowed.

A common use of this form of the substitution macro is for the heterogeneous submission of an executable:

executable = povray.$$(OpSys).$$(Arch)

Values for the OpSys and Arch attributes are substituted at match time for any given resource. This example allows HTCondor to automatically choose the correct executable for the matched machine.

An extension to the syntax of the substitution macro provides an alternative string to use if the machine attribute within the substitution macro is undefined. The syntax appears as:

$$(attribute:string_if_attribute_undefined)

An example using this extended syntax provides a path name to a required input file. Since the file can be placed in different locations on different machines, the file's path name is given as an argument to the program.

arguments = $$(input_file_path:/usr/foo)

On the machine, if the attribute input_file_path is not defined, then the path /usr/foo is used instead.

As a special case that only works within the submit file environment command, the string $$(CondorScratchDir) is expanded to the value of the job's scratch directory. This does not work for scheduler universe or grid universe jobs.

For example, to set PYTHONPATH to a subdirectory of the job scratch dir, one could set

environment = PYTHONPATH=$$(CondorScratchDir)/some/directory

A further extension to the syntax of the substitution macro allows the evaluation of a ClassAd expression to define the value. In this form, the expression may refer to machine attributes by prefacing them with the TARGET. scope resolution prefix. To place a ClassAd expression into the substitution macro, square brackets are added to delimit the expression. The syntax appears as:

$$([ClassAd expression])

An example of a job that uses this syntax may be one that wants to know how much memory it can use. The application cannot detect this itself, as it would potentially use all of the memory on a multi-slot machine. So the job determines the memory per slot, reducing it by 10% to account for miscellaneous overhead, and passes this as a command line argument to the application. In the submit description file will be

arguments = --memory $$([TARGET.Memory * 0.9])

To insert two dollar sign characters ($$) as literals into a ClassAd string, use

$$(DOLLARDOLLAR)

The environment macro, $ENV, allows the evaluation of an environment variable to be used in setting a submit description file command. The syntax used is

$ENV(variable)

An example submit description file command that uses this functionality evaluates the submitter's home directory in order to set the path and file name of a log file:

log = $ENV(HOME)/jobs/logfile

The environment variable is evaluated when the submit description file is processed.

The $RANDOM_CHOICE macro allows a random choice to be made from a given list of parameters at submission time. For an expression, if some randomness needs to be generated, the macro may appear as

$RANDOM_CHOICE(0,1,2,3,4,5,6)

When evaluated, one of the parameters values will be chosen.

Comments

Blank lines and lines beginning with a pound sign ('#') character are ignored by the submit description file parser.

ClusterId

Set to the integer value that the ClusterId attribute that the job ClassAd will have when the job is submitted. All jobs in a single submit will normally have the same value for the ClusterId. If the -dry-run argument is specified, The value will be 1.

Cluster

Alternate name for the ClusterId submit variable. Before HTCondor version 8.4 this was the only name.

ProcId

Set to the integer value that the ProcId attribute of the job ClassAd will have when the job is submitted. The value will start at 0 and increment by 1 for each job submitted.

Process

Alternate name for the ProcId submit variable. Before HTCondor version 8.4 this was the only name.

JobId

Set to $(ClusterId).$(ProcId) so that it will expand to the full id of the job.

Node

For parallel universes, set to the value #pArAlLeLnOdE# or #MpInOdE# depending on the parallel universe type For other universes it is set to nothing.

Step

Set to the step value as it varies from 0 to N-1 where N is the number provided on the queue argument. This variable changes at the same rate as ProcId when it changes at all. For submit files that don't make use of the queue number option, Step will always be 0. For submit files that don't make use of any of the foreach options, Step and ProcId will always be the same.

ItemIndex

Set to the index within the item list being processed by the various queue foreach options. For submit files that don't make use of any queue foreach list, ItemIndex will always be 0 For submit files that make use of a slice to select only some items in a foreach list, ItemIndex will only be set to selected values.

Row

Alternate name for ItemIndex.

Item

when a queue foreach option is used and no variable list is supplied, this variable will be set to the value of the current item.

ARCH

Set to the CPU architecture of the machine running condor_submit. The value will be the same as the automatic configuration variable of the same name.

OPSYS

Set to the name of the operating system on the machine running condor_submit. The value will be the same as the automatic configuration variable of the same name.

OPSYSANDVER

Set to the name and major version of the operating system on the machine running condor_submit. The value will be the same as the automatic configuration variable of the same name.

OPSYSMAJORVER

Set to the major version of the operating system on the machine running condor_submit. The value will be the same as the automatic configuration variable of the same name.

OPSYSVER

Set to the version of the operating system on the machine running condor_submit. The value will be the same as the automatic configuration variable of the same name.

SPOOL

Set to the full path of the HTCondor spool directory. The value will be the same as the automatic configuration variable of the same name.

IsLinux

Set to true if the operating system of the machine running condor_submit is a Linux variant. Set to false otherwise.

IsWindows

Set to true if the operating system of the machine running condor_submit is a Microsoft Windows variant. Set to false otherwise.

SUBMIT_FILE

Set to the full pathname of the submit file being processed by condor_submit. If submit statements are read from standard input, it is set to nothing.

SUBMIT_TIME

Set to the unix timestamp of the current time when the job is submitted.

YEAR

Set to the 4 digit year when the job is submitted.

MONTH

Set to the 2 digit month when the job is submitted.

DAY

Set to the 2 digit day when the job is submitted.

####################
#
# submit description file
# Example 1: queuing multiple jobs with differing
# command line arguments and output files.
#
####################
Executable     = foo
Universe       = vanilla
Arguments      = 15 2000
Output  = foo.out0
Error   = foo.err0
Queue
Arguments      = 30 2000
Output  = foo.out1
Error   = foo.err1
Queue
Arguments      = 45 6000
Output  = foo.out2
Error   = foo.err2
Queue

####################
#
# submit description file
# Example 1b: queuing multiple jobs with differing
# command line arguments and output files, alternate syntax
#
####################
Executable     = foo
Universe       = vanilla
# generate different output and error filenames for each process
Output  = foo.out$(Process)
Error   = foo.err$(Process)
Queue Arguments From (
  15 2000
  30 2000
  45 6000
)

####################
#
# Example 2: Show off some fancy features including
# use of pre-defined macros and logging.
#
####################
Executable     = foo
Universe       = vanilla
Requirements   = OpSys == "LINUX" && Arch =="INTEL"
Rank           = Memory >= 64
Request_Memory = 32 Mb
Image_Size     = 28 Mb
Error   = err.$(Process)
Input   = in.$(Process)
Output  = out.$(Process)
Log = foo.log
Queue 150

####################
#
# Example 3: Run on a RedHat 6 machine
#
####################
Universe     = vanilla
Executable   = /bin/sleep
Arguments    = 30
Requirements = (OpSysAndVer == "RedHat6")
Error   = err.$(Process)
Input   = in.$(Process)
Output  = out.$(Process)
Log     = sleep.log
Queue

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

periodic_remove = CumulativeSuspensionTime >
                  ((RemoteWallClockTime - CumulativeSuspensionTime) / 2.0)