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.TH condor_tail  1 "May 2018"
.SH Name
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condor_tail Display \- the last contents of a running job's standard output or file 
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.SH Synopsis
condor_tail [-help] | [-version] 
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condor_tail[-pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]] [-name name] [-debug] [-maxbytes numbytes] [-auto-retry] [-follow] [-no-stdout] [-stderr] job-ID[filename1] [filename2 ...] 
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.SH Description
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condor_taildisplays the last bytes of a file in the sandbox of a running job identified by the command line argument job-ID.  stdout is tailed by default. The number of bytes displayed is limited to 1024, unless changed by specifying the -maxbytesoption. This limit is applied for each individual tail of a file; for example, when following a file, the limit is applied each subsequent time output is obtained. 
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.SH Options
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.B -help
.IP "" 3
Display usage information and exit. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -version
.IP "" 3
Display version information and exit. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]
.IP "" 3
Specify a pool by giving the central manager's host name and an optional port number. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -name name
.IP "" 3
Query the condor_schedddaemon identified with name. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -debug
.IP "" 3
Display extra debugging information. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -maxbytes numbytes
.IP "" 3
Limits the maximum number of bytes transferred per tail access. If not specified, the maximum number of bytes is 1024. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -auto-retry
.IP "" 3
Retry the tail of the file(s) every 2 seconds, if the job is not yet running. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -follow
.IP "" 3
Repetitively tail the file(s), until interrupted. 
.IP "" 3
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.B -no-stdout
.IP "" 3
Do not tail  stdout . 
.IP "" 3
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.B -stderr
.IP "" 3
Tail  stderr instead of  stdout . 
.IP "" 3
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.SH Exit Status
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The exit status of condor_tailis zero on success. 
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.SH Author
Center for High Throughput Computing, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
.SH Copyright
Copyright (C) 1990-2016 Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.