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Access info about a running job

By default, standard output and standard error are written to files at the completion of your job.

However, you can access the temporary files that contain the current output by doing the following:

qstat -f <jobid> | grep exec_host

This will display which node your job is running on, e.g.

qstat -f 6952328 | grep exec_host

exec_host = hpc043/1*12

You then connect to that node, with ssh.

ssh hpc043

Navigate to the temporary PBS directory

Your job’s output and error files will be available in the form

6952328.pbsserver.OU
6952328.pbsserver.ER

Use cat, tail, vi, or whatever tool to view the text files.