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.TH pbs_selectjob 3B "3 March 2015" Local "PBS Professional"
.SH NAME
pbs_selectjob - select PBS batch jobs
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <pbs_error.h>
.br
#include <pbs_ifl.h>
.sp
.B char **pbs_selectjob(\^int\ connect, struct\ attropl\ *attrib, char\ *extend\^)
.SH DESCRIPTION
Issue a batch request to select jobs which meet certain criteria.
\f3pbs_selectjob\f1() returns an array of job identifiers which met the criteria.
.LP
The 
.I attropl
struct contains the list of selection criteria.
.LP
Initially all batch jobs are selected for which the user is authorized to
query status.
This set may be reduced or filtered by specifying certain attributes
of the jobs.
.LP
A
.I "Select Jobs"
batch request is generated and sent to the server over the connection
specified by
.I connect 
which is the return value of \f3pbs_connect\f1().
.LP
The argument,
.I attrib ,
is a pointer to an
.I attropl 
structure which is defined in pbs_ifl.h as:
.sp
.Ty
.nf
    struct attropl {
        struct attropl *next;
        char           *name;
        char           *resource;
        char           *value;
        enum batch_op   op;
    };
.fi
.sp
The
.I attrib
list is terminated by the first entry where
.I next
is a null pointer.
.LP
The
.I name
member points to a string which is the name of the attribute.
Not all of the job attributes may be used as a selection criteria.
The
.I resource
member points to a string which is the name of a resource.  This
member is only used when
.I name
is set to ATTR_l.
Otherwise, resource should be a pointer to a null string.
The
.I value
member points to a string which is the value of the attribute or resource.
The attribute names are listed in pbs_job_attributes.7B.
.LP
The 
.I op
member defines the operator in the logical expression:
.br
.B \ \ \ \ value\ operator\ current_value
.br 
The logical expression must evaluate as true for the job to be selected.
The permissible values of
.I op
are defined in pbs_ifl.h as:
.br
.B "enum batch_op { ..., EQ, NE, GE, GT, LE, LT, ... };" .
.br
The attributes marked with (E) in the description above may only be selected
with the equal, EQ, or not equal, NE, operators.
.LP
If
.I attrib
itself is a null pointer, then no selection is done on
the basis of attributes.
.LP
The return value is a pointer to a null terminated array of character pointers.
Each character pointer in the array points to a character string which is a
.IR job_identifier
in the form:
.RS 4
.I sequence_number.server@server
.RE
.LP
The array is allocated by pbs_selectjob via \f3malloc\f1().
When the array is no longer needed, the user is responsible for freeing it
by a call to \f3free\f1().
.LP
The parameter,
.I extend ,
is reserved for implementation-defined extensions.

.B Finished and Moved Jobs
.br
In order to get information on finished and moved jobs, you must add an 
.I 'x'
character to the 
.I extend 
parameter.  The 
.I extend 
parameter is a character string; set one character
to be the 
.I 'x' 
character.
For example:
.RS 5
.br
.B pbs_selectjob 
( ..., ..., extend) ...
.RE
.LP
To get information on finished and moved jobs only, specify the Finished ('F')
and moved ('M') job states.  You must also use the 
.I extend
character string containing the 
.I 'x'
character.  
.LP
Subjobs are not considered finished until the parent array job is finished.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
qselect(1B), pbs_alterjob(3B), and pbs_connect(3B)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
When the batch request generated by 
pbs_selectjob()
function has been completed successfully by a batch server, the routine will
return a pointer to the array of job identifiers.
If no jobs met the criteria, the first pointer in the array will be the
null pointer.
.LP
If an error occurred, a null pointer is returned and the error is available
in the global integer pbs_errno.