Re: [Condor-users] Restricting running time of a job?

[Alain Roy <roy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mário Costa wrote:
> Can any one tell me if it is possible to restrict the running time of
> a job in condor,
> by forcing check point or kill of the job at the end of a time, say T.
>
> Is it possible just by configuring a classad expression, or does
> condor as any special facilities for this ?

Users can restrict the running time for a job with the periodic_remove 
expression. See the condor_submit manual page for more information about 
how it works.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v6.7/condor_submit.html

Administrators can restrict the running time for a job by configuring the 
startd policy.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v6.7/3_6Startd_Policy.html

-alain