psaccounter

psaccounter Write accounting information from the ParaStation psid to the accounting files.

Synopsis

psaccounter [ -e --extend ] [ -d --debug=pattern] [ -F --foreground ] [ -l --logdir=dir] [ -f -- logfile=filename ] [ -p --logpro ] [ -c --dumpcore ] [ --coredir=dir] [ -v --version ] [ -? --help ] [--usage]

Description

The command psaccounter collects information about jobs from the ParaStation psid daemon and writes this information to the accounting files. For each day, a particular file called yyyymmdd is created within the accounting directory /var/account.

The psaccounter is typically started by the psid(8) using the pseudo hardware configuration accounter entry within parastation.conf.

Options

-e,--extend

Write extended information to the accounting file. In addition to entries for job terminations, it will also record job queue, start and delete information.

-d,--debug=flag

Print debug information. Pattern can be a combination of the following bits:

Pattern

Description

 

 

0x010

More warning messages

 

 

0x020

Show process information (start, exit)

 

 

0x040

Show received messages

 

 

0x080

Very verbose output

 

 

0x100

Show node information on startup

 

 

Table 5. Psaccounter debug flags

As the accounter is typically not run directly, but started by the psid(8), the start script /opt/parastation/config/ps_acc should be modified to enable this debugging facilities.

-F,--foreground

Don't fork and go to background.

-l,--logdir=accountdir

Create accounting files within directory accountdir. Using -, all accounting information is written to stdout.

-f,--logfile=filename

Write debug and error messages to filename. Using - as filename, messages are written to stdout. By default, all debug and error messages are sent to syslog.

-p,--logpro=command

Define a post processing command for accounting files. If defined, this command is called everytime a new accounting file is created. The filename of the current accounting file is appended to the command.

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