Re: [HTCondor-users] debug condor_starter

[John M Knoeller <johnkn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think the messages about condor_starter are related to your STARTD_CRON. 

But I do see a problem with your STARTD_CRON script. 

I think in this line Idle should be quoted like this

echo "CustomStatus=\"Idle\""

Otherwise CustomStatus will always evaluate to undefined. 

-tj

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From: HTCondor-users on behalf of Antonio Falabella via HTCondor-users
Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 8:12 AM
To: HTCondor-Users Mail List
Cc: Antonio Falabella
Subject: [HTCondor-users] debug condor_starter

Hi,

I am trying to add a custom cron hook, but I keep receiving this error
in Started log

05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894) argc = 1
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894) argv[0] = condor_starter
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894) usage: condor_starter initiating_host
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894)    or: condor_starter -job-keyword keyword
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894) -job-input-ad path
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894)                       -job-cluster number
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894)                       -job-proc number
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894)                       -job-subproc number
05/07/25 15:06:52 (pid:1787894) **** condor_starter (condor_STARTER) pid
1787894 EXITING WITH STATUS 1


The custom part of the conf is

cat  config.d/30_startd.config
# startd conf

MODULES = /etc/condor/modules
STARTD_CRON_JOBLIST = $(STARTD_CRON_JOBLIST) myjob
STARTD_CRON_myjob_PERIOD = 60s
STARTD_CRON_myjob_EXECUTABLE = $(MODULES)/customClassAd
STARTD_CRON_myjob_RECONFIG=true


I added to the main conf this line


START = ($(START)) &&  CustomStatus=="Idle"


and the customClassAd script is just

#!/bin/bash

echo "CustomStatus=Idle"


Could you help me to debug this?

Thanks

Antonio


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