pbs_tclsh(8B)

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πŸ’… pbs_tclsh β€” TCL shell with TCL-wrapped PBS API ✨

okay so this page is from PBS Professional, section 8B, and it's literally all about pbs_tclsh. buckle up bestie πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

pbs_tclsh β€” a TCL shell with the TCL-wrapped PBS API baked right in πŸ’–


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

pbs_tclsh

pbs_tclsh --version

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Deprecated. yeah you heard me β€” this one's on the way out, so heads up before you build your whole personality around it 😭

The pbs_tclsh command starts up a version of the TCL shell that has wrapped versions of the PBS external API all up in it. The PBS TCL API itself is documented over in the pbs_tclapi(3B) manual page β€” go read that if you want the deets, iykyk πŸ‘‘

The pbs_tclsh command is what you use to query MoM. fr fr, like this πŸ’«

> pbs_tclsh
tclsh> openrm <hostname>
<file descriptor>
tclsh> addreq <file descriptor> "loadave"
tclsh> getreq <file descriptor>
<load average>
tclsh> closereq <file descriptor>

πŸ‘‘ Required Privilege πŸ‘‘

Root privilege is required in order to query MoM for dynamic resources. 🫢

Root privilege is not required in order to query MoM for built-in resources and site-defined static resources. slay, no sudo needed for those πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ OPTIONS πŸŽ€

  • --version β€” the pbs_tclsh command returns its PBS version information and then exits. and no cap, this option can only be used alone β€” don't try to sneak other stuff in with it πŸ™ˆ

🌈 STANDARD ERROR 🌈

The pbs_tclsh command writes a diagnostic message to standard error for each error occurrence. every single one, it's giving thorough πŸ’€


⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

pbs_wish(8B), pbs_server(8B), pbs_mom(8B), pbs_sched(8B)


k that's the whole vibe bestie β€” this page came from Local, dated 6 May 2020, and the footer still says pbs_tclsh(8B) because of course it does πŸ’œ go query that MoM, main character energy only πŸ¦‹

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