Usage

In the pbs_python package the are two modules:

pbs

This python module wraps all the C-functions that are defined in pbs_ifl.h header file. The function names in the module are the same as for C.

PBSQuery

This is a python module build on top of the pbs python module. It can only be used for query purposes, eg: how many jobs, how many nodes, etc ..

PBS python module

As already mentioned this module use the same functions names as the C-library. So you can use the man-pages that are include in Torque software to see which arguments are required and returned. Keep in mind that the following C-types will be converted to Python-type:

• C linked list are converted to python list and vica versa
• If C-struct is required then first allocate storage for it. The mostly used structs are:
  • struct attr *
  • struct attropl *

How to use the pbs_python libary:

• functions
• Data types
• Interactive usage
• scripts

PBSQuery module

As the name already suggested this module is only used to get info. It can gather information about the following items:

• job(s)
• queue(s)
• server
• node(s)

How to use the PBSQuery module:

• PBSQuery usage