re: [Condor-users] Problems with processes finishing up??

["Todd Tannenbaum" <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Ballantyne <ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>   This has just started happening and I
>thought I might ask if anyone else has had
>the problem.
>

if you submit jobs with 
     notification = never
in your job submit file, do those jobs finish up ok?

Can you run /usr/bin/mail -s 'subject' ok from the command line ?  With the -s option as well?

-Todd


>   Submitted jobs run just fine and return
>results but they don't finish up.  On the
>submitting host there is a bunch of zombie
>csh processes and a corresponding number of
>/usr/bin/mail processes (I'm guessing returning
>the email results).  IE:
>
>> condor     406   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     408   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     411   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     413   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     416   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     418   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     420   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     422   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     424   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>> condor     403   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:21PM   0:00.00 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.4 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     405   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.01 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.0 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     407   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.01 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.8 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     410   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.01 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.5 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     412   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.00 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.1 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     415   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.00 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.2 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     417   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.01 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.3 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     419   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.01 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.6 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     421   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.01 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.7 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     423   0.0 -0.0    18136    332  ??  SN    8:22PM   0:00.01 /usr/bin/mail -s [Condor] Condor Job 7.9 ballanty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> condor     404   0.0 -0.0        0      0  ??  ZN   31Dec69   0:00.00 (csh)
>
>
>Any idea what's happening?  The start time of the process
>is 31Dec69?  How's that possible?
>
>Any help much appreciated!
>
>Rob
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