CONDOR_PRIO(1)

💖 CONDOR_PRIO(1) — the HTCondor Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so literally welcome to the condor_prio page from the HTCondor Manual, and no cap this one's a lil gem 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

condor_prio — HTCondor Manual

Change priority of jobs in the HTCondor queue. yeah. that's the whole vibe 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

condor_prio -p priority | +***value* | **-***value* [-n** schedd-name]
[-pool pool-name] [-a | cluster | cluster.proc | username]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

condor_prio changes the priority of one or more jobs in the HTCondor queue. okay so here's the tea on how it decides which jobs you mean 👇

• if the job identification is given by cluster.proc, condor_prio attempts to change the priority of the single job with job ClassAd attributes ClusterId and ProcId — one (1) single solitary job, precious 💖
• if described by cluster, condor_prio attempts to change the priority of all processes with the given ClusterId job ClassAd attribute — the whole squad 🫶
• if username is specified, condor_prio attempts to change priority of all jobs belonging to that user
• for -a, condor_prio attempts to change priority of all jobs in the queue — literally everyone, main character energy 👑

The user must set a new priority with the -p option, or specify a priority adjustment using +value or -value. no skipping this step bestie, it's mandatory 🚨

The priority of a job can be any integer, with higher numbers corresponding to greater priority. For adjustment of the current priority, +value increases the priority by the amount given with value. -value decreases the priority by the amount given with value. big number = big important, little number = little important, that's the math 🧮✨

Only the owner of a job or the super user can change the priority. so like. not your business unless it's your job or you're root, sorry bestie 😭

The priority changed by condor_prio is only used when comparing to the priority of jobs owned by the same user and submitted from the same machine. it's giving very local fame, not global 🌈

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -p priority — set the priority to the specified integer value. just, like, declare it. manifest it. ✨
• +value — increase the priority by the specified amount. lil boost, treat yourself 💅
• -value — decrease the priority by the specified amount. putting it in timeout 😔
• -a — change priority of all jobs in the queue. every last one of them, obsessed 🔥
• -n schedd-name — change priority of jobs queued at the specified condor_schedd in the local pool.
• -pool pool-name — specify the pool containing the condor_schedd.
• cluster — change priority for all jobs in the specified cluster.
• cluster.proc — change priority for a specific job. the chosen one 🙈
• username — change priority for all jobs belonging to the specified user.

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

Set job 123.0 to priority 10:

$ condor_prio -p 10 123.0

Increase priority of all jobs in cluster 456 by 5:

$ condor_prio +5 456

Decrease priority of all jobs belonging to user alice by 3:

$ condor_prio -3 alice

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🌈 EXIT STATUS 🌈

• 0 — Success 🎉 slay
• 1 — Failure 💀 rip

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

condor_submit, condor_q, condor_userprio, condor_now — your little friend group, go say hi 🫶

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

Linux, MacOS, Windows — it's everywhere, it's iconic, it ate 💅

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

HTCondor Team 🎀

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⭐ 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.

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okay that's the whole page bestie, and just so you know this was the HTCondor Manual drop from Oct 16, 2026 — HTCondor Manual edition, periodt 💖✨ go forth and prioritize responsibly 🦋