Re: [Condor-users] how to resrict job run time

["Dr I.C. Smith" <I.C.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Jens Harting wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Dan Bradley wrote:
>
> > Use periodic_remove or periodic_hold in the job submission file.  See
> > the condor_submit manual for details.
> >
> > --Dan
>
> I did try that, but found a problem:
>
> Adding the following lines to my submission script do work:
>
> maxRunTime               = 60
> periodic_remove = (RemoteWallClockTime > $(maxRunTime))
>
> However, the value for RemoteWallClockTime will only be updated if the job
> is being suspended. Since it sometimes happens that a job runs on a
> machine without being preempted much longer than $(maxRunTime), the
> expression for periodic_remove cannot evaluate to true.
>
> Is there any way to tell Condor to update RemoteWallClockTime more
> frequently?

What I find confusing is that condor_q accurately reports the run
time pretty much to the second. Where does this value come from.

-ian.