CONDOR_QEDIT(1)

NAME
condor_qedit - HTCondor Manual

modify job attributes

SYNOPSIS

condor_qedit [-debug ] [-n schedd-name] [-pool pool-name] [-forward ] {cluster | cluster.proc | owner | -constraint constraint} edit-list

DESCRIPTION

condor_qedit modifies job ClassAd attributes of queued HTCondor jobs. The jobs are specified either by cluster number, job ID, owner, or by a ClassAd constraint expression. The edit-list can take one of 3 forms

•

attribute-name attribute-value ...
    This is the older form, which behaves the same as the format below.

•

attribute-name=attribute-value ...
    The attribute-value may be any ClassAd expression. String expressions must be surrounded by double quotes. Multiple attribute value pairs may be listed on the same command line.

•

-edits[:auto|long|xml|json|new] file-name
    The file indicated by file-name is read as a classad of the given format. If no format is specified or auto is specified the format will be detected. if file-name is - standard input will be read.

    To ensure security and correctness, condor_qedit will not allow modification of the following ClassAd attributes:

•   Owner

•   ClusterId

•   ProcId

•   MyType

•   TargetType

•   JobStatus

    Since JobStatus may not be changed with condor_qedit, use condor_hold to place a job in the hold state, and use condor_release to release a held job, instead of attempting to modify JobStatus directly.

    If a job is currently running, modified attributes for that job will not affect the job until it restarts. As an example, for PeriodicRemove to affect when a currently running job will be removed from the queue, that job must first be evicted from a machine and returned to the queue. The same is true for other periodic expressions, such as PeriodicHold and PeriodicRelease.

    condor_qedit validates both attribute names and attribute values, checking for correct ClassAd syntax. An error message is printed, and no attribute is set or changed if any name or value is invalid.

OPTIONS

-help
    Display usage information and exit.

-debug
    Causes debugging information to be sent to stderr, based on the value of the configuration variable TOOL_DEBUG.

-dry-run
    Do not modify any job attributes; instead, report whether the requested edit would be permitted. Useful for checking which attributes are protected or otherwise not editable before performing the actual update. Requires a condor_schedd that supports the -dry-run query.

-n schedd-name
    Modify job attributes in the queue of the specified schedd

-pool pool-name
    Modify job attributes in the queue of the schedd specified in the specified pool

-forward
    Forward modifications to shadow/gridmanager

-constraint expression
    Restrict the edit to jobs for which the ClassAd expression evaluates to true. May be combined with -owner and -jobids; only jobs that match all of the supplied restrictions will be edited. If only -constraint is given, jobs not owned by the current user are skipped unless the user is a queue superuser.

-owner owner
    Restrict the edit to jobs owned by owner. May be combined with -jobids and -constraint.

-jobids id-list
    Restrict the edit to the comma-separated list of job IDs in id-list. Each ID may be a cluster or a cluster.proc. May be combined with -owner and -constraint.

-edits[:auto|long|xml|json|new] file
    Read the attribute = value edit list from file, in ClassAd format. The optional format qualifier selects the input format; the default auto detects the format from the input. If file is -, edits are read from standard input.

EXAMPLES

$ condor_qedit -name north.cs.wisc.edu -pool condor.cs.wisc.edu 249.0 answer 42
Set attribute "answer".
$ condor_qedit -name perdita 1849.0 In '"myinput"'
Set attribute "In".
% condor_qedit jbasney OnExitRemove=FALSE
Set attribute "OnExitRemove".
% condor_qedit -constraint 'JobUniverse == 1' 'Requirements=(Arch == "INTEL") && (OpSys == "SOLARIS26") && (Disk >= ExecutableSize) && (VirtualMemory >= ImageSize)'
Set attribute "Requirements".

GENERAL REMARKS

A job's ClassAd attributes may be viewed with

$ condor_q -long

EXIT STATUS

0 - Success

1 - Failure

SEE ALSO

condor_q, condor_submit, condor_prio, condor_hold, condor_release

AVAILABILITY

Linux, MacOS, Windows

AUTHOR
HTCondor Team

COPYRIGHT
1990-2026, Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.