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527.0. "Linked scripts abort when /TIME exceeded" by CSC32::T_HUTCHIN () Thu Feb 06 1997 13:15

    
    
            A quick question...
    
            Say you have 2 linked Defrag+ scripts, A & B, where script B
            has /PREDECESSOR=A.  Script A should run, followed by B.
    
            If A has a /TIME_LIMIT=x in it's script, and "x" is exceeded,
            would you expect:
    
               1.  Script A to stop and B to start.
               2.  Script A to stop and B never start.
               3.  None of the above.
    
            Customer is seeing scenario 2.  Does this sound like intended
    	    behavior?
    
            Thanks,
    
            Terry Hutchin
            DFO phone support
            ext. 27611
    

Terry

  I would choose 2 because when the time is exceeded it is like
  aborting the script.  The next script will not be executed
  unless you have normal completion of the script.

  What the customer might do is set the cpu_limit=1 on the
  node it is running and set the scripts to /node=THE_NODE.  Then
  start A and B.  B will not start until A finishes (whether
  normally or it runs out of time).

  thanks
    jim amend

    Jim,
    
    I assume you mean prclm rather than cpu_limit in the previous reply.
    
    jim

Jim

  You are right it is not cpu_limit, it is process_limit.

  thanks
     jim amend