pbs_probe(8B)

💅 pbs_probe(8B) — the diagnostic bestie

Okay so real talk first: this page is from PBS Professional, section 8B, and pbs_probe is deprecated 😭 so keep that in mind before you build your whole personality around it.

✨ NAME ✨

pbs_probe — the icon that reports PBS diagnostic info and fixes permission errors, like a little sysadmin fairy 🧚

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

pbs_probe [ -f | -v ]
pbs_probe --version

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Deprecated. Yes bestie, I said it. The pbs_probe command reports post-installation information that's genuinely useful for PBS diagnostics, and it fixes permission errors. That's the whole vibe.

🌸 Information Sources 🌸

So where does it get its info? Lowkey from everywhere:

• Information that is supplied on the command line
• The file /etc/pbs.conf
• The file /etc/init.d/pbs
• The values of any of the following environment variables — and yes, these can be set in the environment in which pbs_probe is run: PBS_CONF_FILE, PBS_HOME, PBS_EXEC, PBS_START_SERVER, PBS_START_MOM, and PBS_START_SCHED

👑 Required Privilege 👑

To execute pbs_probe, the user must have PBS Operator or Manager privilege. No privilege, no probe. Periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• (no options) — runs in "report" mode 🩷 In this mode pbs_probe reports any permission errors detected in the PBS infrastructure files. The command categorizes the errors and writes a list of them by category. Empty categories are not written — if a category's got nothing to say, it simply doesn't show up. Iconic, honestly.
• -f — runs in "fix" mode 🔧 In this mode pbs_probe examines each of the relevant infrastructure files and, where possible, fixes any errors that it detects, and prints a message of what got changed. If it is unable to fix a problem, it prints a message regarding what was detected. It's giving "I tried my best and I'll tell you about it."
• -v — runs in "verbose" mode 🗣️ In this mode pbs_probe writes a complete list of the infrastructure files that it checked. Full receipts, no cap.
• --version — the pbs_probe command returns its PBS version information and exits. This option can only be used alone ⚠️ like, do not try to pair it with anything else, it's a solo act.

🫶 STANDARD ERROR 🫶

The pbs_probe command writes a diagnostic message to standard error for each error occurrence. Every single one gets its moment 💀

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

Huge important note, bestie: exit code does not reflect results of probe; it reflects whether or not the program ran. So don't go reading tea leaves from the exit code about whether your PBS is healthy — that's not what it's telling you 🙈

• Zero — when run correctly, whether or not pbs_probe finds any problems or errors
• Non-negative — when run incorrectly

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

pbs_server(8B), pbs_sched(8B), pbs_mom(8B) — go say hi to the rest of the crew 🦋

⚠️ Real one: this command is deprecated, so please don't build anything new that depends on it, mwah 💋

And that's a wrap! Sourced from Local, dated 6 May 2020, living in the PBS Professional man page collection. Stay probed, stay privileged, stay slay 💜✨