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globus-job-status

GLOBUS-JOB-STATUS(1)						  GRAM5 Commands					      GLOBUS-JOB-STATUS(1)

NAME

       globus-job-status - Check the status of a GRAM5 job

SYNOPSIS

       globus-job-status JOBID

       globus-job-status [-help] [-usage] [-version] [-versions]

DESCRIPTION

       The globus-job-status program checks the status of a GRAM job by sending a status request to the job manager contact for that job specifed
       by the JOBID parameter. If successful, it will print the job status to standard output. The states supported by globus-job-status are:

       PENDING
	   The job has been submitted to the LRM but has not yet begun execution.

       ACTIVE
	   The job has begun execution.

       FAILED
	   The job has failed.

       SUSPENDED
	   The job is currently suspended by the LRM.

       DONE
	   The job has completed.

       UNSUBMITTED
	   The job has been accepted by GRAM, but not yet submitted to the LRM.

       STAGE_IN
	   The job has been accepted by GRAM and is currently staging files prior to being submitted to the LRM.

       STAGE_OUT
	   The job has completed execution and is currently staging files from the service node to other http, GASS, or GridFTP servers.

OPTIONS

       The full set of options to globus-job-status are:

       -help, -usage
	   Display a help message to standard error and exit.

       -version
	   Display the software version of the globus-job-status program to standard output.

       -versions
	   Display the software version of the globus-job-status program including DiRT information to standard output.

ENVIRONMENT

       If the following variables affect the execution of globus-job-status.

       X509_USER_PROXY
	   Path to proxy credential.

       X509_CERT_DIR
	   Path to trusted certificate directory.

BUGS

       The globus-job-status program can not distinguish between the case of the job manager terminating for any reason and the job being in the
       DONE state.

SEE ALSO

       globusrun(1)

University of Chicago						    03/18/2010						      GLOBUS-JOB-STATUS(1)