qstart(8B)

📦 version 23.06.06-unstable-2026-04, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

qstart — turn on scheduling or routing for jobs in a PBS queue. This page is from the PBS Professional manual, section 8B, and bestie it's giving "let's get this queue moving again" energy. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

qstart <destination> [<destination> ...]
qstart --version

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: if destination is an execution queue, the qstart command lets a PBS scheduler schedule jobs that live in the specified queue. If destination is a routing queue, the server can begin routing jobs from that queue. Either way, it sets the value of the queue's started attribute to True. Slay. ✨

🔐 Required Privilege 🔐

To execute qstart, you need PBS Operator or Manager privilege. No cap — it's a privileged little icon. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --version — the qstart command returns its PBS version information and exits. This option can only be used alone. Periodt. 💫

🦋 OPERANDS 🦋

The qstart command accepts one or more space-separated destination operands. The operands take one of three forms:

  • <queue name> — starts scheduling or routing from the specified queue. Iconic queue-specific behavior. 🎀
  • @<server name> — starts scheduling or routing from all queues at the specified server. It's giving main-character server energy. 👑
  • <queue name>@<server name> — starts scheduling or routing from the specified queue at the specified server. Very specific, very demure. 🦋

To start scheduling at all queues at the default server, use the qmgr command:

Qmgr: set queue @default started=true

💀 STANDARD ERROR 💀

The qstart command writes a diagnostic message to standard error for each error occurrence. It's literally "bestie, here's what went wrong" energy. 🫶

🌈 EXIT STATUS 🌈

  • Zero — upon successful processing of all the operands presented to the qstart command. We love a clean success. ✨
  • Greater than zero — if the qstart command fails to process any operand. Not the vibe, but at least you know. 😭

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

pbs_server(8B), qstop(8B), and qmgr(8B). Go read these next, iykyk. 💜

Cute little source/version sign-off: this is the Local edition, dated 6 May 2020, and the page tag is qstart(8B). Bye bestie — go start something iconic! 🎀💖

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