psaccounter — Write accounting information from the ParaStation MPI psid to the accounting files.
psaccounter [
-e | --extend
] [
-d | --debug=pattern
] [
-F | --foreground
] [
-l | --logdir=dir
] [
-f | --logfile=filename
] [
-p | --logpro
] [
-c | --dumpcore
] [
--coredir=dir
] [
-v | --version
] [
-? | --help
] [--usage]
The command psaccounter collects information
about jobs from the ParaStation MPI psid daemon and writes this
information to the accounting files.
For each day, a particular file called
yyyymmdd is created within the
accounting directory /var/account.
The psaccounter is typically started by the
psid(8) using the pseudo hardware configuration
accounter entry within
parastation.conf.
-e,
--extend
Write extended information to the accounting file. In addition to entries for job terminations, it will also record job queue, start and delete information.
-d,
--debug=flag
Print debug information.
Pattern can be a combination of
the following bits:
Table 5. Psaccounter debug flags
| Pattern | Description |
|---|---|
0x010 | More warning messages |
0x020 | Show process information (start, exit) |
0x040 | Show received messages |
0x080 | Very verbose output |
0x100 | Show node information on startup |
As the accounter is typically not run directly, but
started by the psid(8), the start script
/opt/parastation/config/ps_acc
should be modified to enable this debugging facilities.
-F,
--foreground
Don't fork and go to background.
-l,
--logdir=accountdir
Create accounting files within directory
accountdir.
Using -, all accounting
information is written to stdout.
-f,
--logfile=filename
Write debug and error messages to
filename.
Using - as filename, messages
are written to stdout.
By default, all debug and error messages are sent to
syslog.
-p,
--logpro=command
Define a post processing command for accounting files. If defined, this command is called everytime a new accounting file is created. The filename of the current accounting file is appended to the command.
Calling psaccounter with
-p gzip would
call the command gzip
yyyymmdd and therefore compress
least recently used accounting file.
-c,
--dumpcore
Define that a core file should be written in case of a
catastrophe.
By default, the core file will be written to
/tmp.
--coredir=dir
Defines where to save core files.
-v, --version
Output version information and exit.
-?, --help
Show this help messages.
--usage
Display brief usage message.