The following Generic NQS manual pages, originally
distributed with the software, are now available online:
nmapmgr
nmapmgr is a program used by the NQS System
Administrator or System Operator to control the Machine ID configuration at the local
machine.
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full.
nqs
The Network Queueing System (NQS) provides the means
to submit batch jobs to local and remote UNIX machines.
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nqsconfig
This manual page is a placeholder for information on the
local NQS configuration and is intended to indicate which queues should be used for which
situations.
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full.
nqsgs
This document describes the Network Queueing System as
implemented at Monsanto on UNIX Workstations. It provides basic information on how
to set up jobs, submit them, and monitor their status as they run. This document is
intended to be an overview for new users and not as a complete description. For more
detailed information, consult the appropriate man pages.
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qacct
Qacct prints out the accounting information.
The default is to print out a summary line for each job indicating the username,
the request, the queue, the total CPU usage, and the starting and completion date/times.
There are two types of NQS accounting files. The raw accounting file have
records for NQS startup and shutdown and records for NQS request start and completion.
The summary accounting is derived from the raw data file and has a single record
for each NQS request. Qacct will read either type of file.
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qalter
Qalter modifies the attributes of the NQS requests
whose request-ids are listed on the command line. Only queued, waiting, or
holding requests may be modified.
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qcat
Qcat displays the spooled stdout, stderr, or input
script file the the NQS request whose request-id is listed on the command line.
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qcmplx
Qcmplx displays the Network Queueing System (NQS)
complexes.
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qdel
Qdel deletes all queued NQS requests whose
respective request-id is listed on the command line.
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qdev
Qdev displays the status of devices known to the
Network Queueing System (NQS).
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qhold
Qhold holds all queued or waiting NQS requests whose
respective request-id is listed on the command line. Qhold will not
hold a running NQS request.
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qjob
Qjob displays the status of queues known to the
Network Queueing System (NQS) as remote ones. The /etc/batch-servers file
should contain host names for machines currently in connection with the local
host via pipe queues. Each entry consists of a line specifying the name of the
machine. This file is normally created and maintained by NQS queue managers.
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qlimit
Qlimit displays the set of batch request resource
limit types that can be directly enforced on the implied local host of named
hosts, and also the batch request shell strategy defined for the implied local
host or named hosts.
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qmgr
Qmgr is a program used by the System Administrator
or System Operator to control NQS requests, queues, devices, and the general NQS
configuration at the local machine. Single commands can be given on the command
line, of if there are none, Qmgr enters an interactive session.
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qmsg
Qmsg appends messages to the NQS log or error files.
The messages are gathered from stdin until an end-of-file.
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qpr
Qpr places the named files in a Network Queueing
System (NQS) queue to be printed by a device such as a line printer or laser printer.
If no files are specified, qpr will read from the standard input.
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qresume
Qresume resumes all suspended NQS requests whose
respective request-id is listed on the command line.
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full.
qrls
Qrls releases all held NQS requests whose respective
request-id is listed on the command line.
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qstat
Qstat displays the status of Network Queueing System
(NQS) queues.
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qstatc
Qstatc displays the status of Network Queueing
System (NQS) requests and queues.
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qsub
Qsub submits a batch request to the Network Queueing
System (NQS).
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qsuspend
Qsuspend suspends all running NQS requests whose
respective request-id is listed on the command line. Qsuspend will
not suspend any NQS request which is not running.
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full.