PBS User Commands

PBS User Commands

For any of the commands listed below you may do a "man command" for syntax and detailed information.

Frequently used PBS user commands:

• qsub Submits a job to the PBS queuing system. Please see qsub Options below.
• qdel Deletes a PBS job from the queue.
• qstat Shows status of PBS batch jobs.

Less Frequently-Used PBS User Commands:

• qalter. Modifies the attributes of a job.
• qhold. Requests that the PBS server place a hold on a job.
• qmove. Removes a job from the queue in which it resides and places the job in another queue.
• qmsg. Sends a message to a PBS batch job. To send a message to a job is to write a message string into one or more of the job's output files.
• qorder. Exchanges the order of two PBS batch jobs within a queue.
• qrerun. Reruns a PBS batch job.
• qrls. Releases a hold on a PBS batch job.
• qselect. Lists the job identifier of those jobs which meet certain selection criteria.
• qsig. Requests that a signal be sent to the session leader of a batch job.

Moab Scheduler User Commands

• showq - displays jobs which are running, active, idling and non-queued.
• showbf - shows backfill.
• showstart - shows startime.
• checkjob - displays status of a job.
• showres - shows active reservations.

Each command accepts -h flag that displays help.