---
name: "condor_now"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "condor"
version: "23.9.6+dfsg-2.1+b10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/condor_now"
---

# condor\_now(1)

HTCondor Manual Start a job now.

## NAME

condor\_now - HTCondor Manual

Start a job now.

## SYNOPSIS

**condor\_now** **-help**

**condor\_now** \[**-name** **\] \[**-debug\*\* \] *now-job* *vacate-job* \[*vacate-job+* \]

## DESCRIPTION

*condor\_now* tries to run the *now-job* now. The *vacate-job* is immediately vacated; after it terminates, if the schedd still has the claim to the vacated job's slot - and it usually will - the schedd will immediately start the now-job on that slot.

If you specify multiple *vacate-job* s, each will be immediately vacated; after they all terminate, the schedd will try to coalesce their slots into a single, larger, slot and then use that slot to run the now-job.

You must specify each job using both the cluster and proc IDs.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  Print a usage reminder.

- **-debug**

  Print debugging output. Control the verbosity with the environment variables \_CONDOR\_TOOL\_DEBUG, as usual.

- **-name** \*\*

  Specify the scheduler('s name) and (optionally) the pool to find it in.

## GENERAL REMARKS

The now-job and the vacated-job must have the same owner; if you are not the queue super-user, you must own both jobs. The jobs must be on the same schedd, and both jobs must be in the vanilla universe. The now-job must be idle and the vacated-job must be running.

## EXAMPLES

To begin running job 17.3 as soon as possible using job 4.2's slot:

```
$ condor_now 17.3 4.2
```

To try to figure out why that doesn't work for the 'magic' scheduler in the 'gandalf' pool, set the environment variable \_CONDOR\_TOOL\_DEBUG to 'D\_FULLDEBUG' and then:

```
$ condor_now -debug -schedd magic -pool gandalf 17.3 4.2
```

## EXIT STATUS

*condor\_now* will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) if the schedd accepts its request to vacate the vacate-job and start the now-job in its place. It does not wait for the now-job to have started running.

## AUTHOR

HTCondor Team

## COPYRIGHT

1990-2024, Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.