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strigger — View or modify Slurm trigger information. Triggers are actions that are automatically run when an ev

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Problem

How to use the strigger command: View or modify Slurm trigger information. Triggers are actions that are automatically run when an event occurs on a Slurm cluster. More information: <https://slurm.schedmd.com/strigger.html>.

Solution

strigger — View or modify Slurm trigger information. Triggers are actions that are automatically run when an event occurs on a Slurm cluster. More information: <https://slurm.schedmd.com/strigger.html>.

Register a new trigger. Execute the specified program when the specified event occurs:

strigger --set --{{primary_database_failure|primary_slurmdbd_failure|primary_slurmctld_acct_buffer_full|primary_slurmctld_failure|...}} {{[-p|--program]}} {{path/to/executable}}

Execute the specified program when the specified job terminated:

strigger --set {{[-j|--jobid]}} {{job_id}} {{[-f|--fini]}} {{[-p|--program]}} "{{path/to/executable}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}"

View active triggers:

strigger --get

View active triggers regarding the specified job:

strigger --get {{[-j|--jobid]}} {{job_id}}

Clear the specified trigger:

strigger --clear {{trigger_id}}

Code Snippets

strigger --set --{{primary_database_failure|primary_slurmdbd_failure|primary_slurmctld_acct_buffer_full|primary_slurmctld_failure|...}} {{[-p|--program]}} {{path/to/executable}}

Execute the specified program when the specified job terminated

strigger --set {{[-j|--jobid]}} {{job_id}} {{[-f|--fini]}} {{[-p|--program]}} "{{path/to/executable}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}"

View active triggers

strigger --get

View active triggers regarding the specified job

strigger --get {{[-j|--jobid]}} {{job_id}}

Clear the specified trigger

strigger --clear {{trigger_id}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/strigger

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