[BioRuby] [ANN] rq-2.3.2

Ara.T.Howard ara.t.howard at noaa.gov
Fri Apr 28 21:25:12 UTC 2006


NAME
   rq v2.3.2

SYNOPSIS
   rq (queue | export RQ_Q=q) mode [mode_args]* [options]*

URIS

   http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/rq/
   http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7922

DESCRIPTION
   ruby queue (rq) is a zero-admin zero-configuration tool used to create
   instant linux clusters.  rq requires only a central nfs filesystem in order
   to manage a simple sqlite database as a distributed priority work queue.
   this simple design allows researchers to install and configure, in only a
   few minutes and without root privileges, a robust linux cluster capable of
   distributing processes to many nodes - bringing dozens of powerful cpus to
   their knees with a single blow.  clearly this software should be kept out of
   the hands of free radicals, seti enthusiasts, and one mr. j safran.

   the central concept of rq is that n nodes work in isolation to pull jobs
   from an centrally mounted nfs priority work queue in a synchronized fashion.
   the nodes have absolutely no knowledge of each other and all communication
   is done via the queue meaning that, so long as the queue is available via
   nfs and a single node is running jobs from it, the system will continue to
   process jobs.  there is no centralized process whatsoever - all nodes work
   to take jobs from the queue and run them as fast as possible.  this creates
   a system which load balances automatically and is robust in face of node
   failures.

   although the rq system is simple in it's design it features powerful
   functionality such as priority management, predicate and sql query , compact
   streaming command-line processing, programmable api, hot-backup, and
   input/capture of the stdin/stdout/stderr io streams of remote jobs.  to date
   rq has had no reported runtime failures and is in operation at dozens of
   research centers around the world.

INVOCATION

   the first argument to any rq command is the always the name of the queue
   while the second is the mode of operation.  the queue name may be omitted
   if, and only if, the environment variable RQ_Q has been set to contain the
   absolute path of target queue.

   for instance, the command

     ~ > rq queue list

   is equivalent to

     ~ > export RQ_Q=queue
     ~ > rq list

   this facility can be used to create aliases for several queues, for example,
   a .bashrc containing

     alias MYQ="RQ_Q=/path/to/myq rq"

     alias MYQ2="RQ_Q=/path/to/myq2 rq"

   would allow syntax like

     MYQ2 submit < joblist

MODES

   rq operates in modes create, submit, resubmit, list, status, delete, update,
   query, execute, configure, snapshot, lock, backup, rotate, feed, recover,
   ioview, and help, and a few others.  the meaning of 'mode_args' will
   naturally change depending on the mode of operation.

   the following mode abbreviations exist, note that not all modes have
   abbreviations

     c  => create
     s  => submit
     r  => resubmit
     l  => list
     ls => list
     t  => status
     d  => delete
     rm => delete
     u  => update
     q  => query
     e  => execute
     C  => configure
     S  => snapshot
     L  => lock
     b  => backup
     R  => rotate
     f  => feed
     io => ioview
     h  => help


   create, c :

     creates a queue.  the queue must be located on an nfs mounted file system
     visible from all nodes intended to run jobs from it.  nfs locking must be
     functional on this file system.

     examples :

       0) to create a queue
           ~ > rq /path/to/nfs/mounted/q create

         or, using the abbreviation

           ~ > rq /path/to/nfs/mounted/q c


   submit, s :

     submit jobs to a queue to be proccesed by some feeding node.  any
     'mode_args' are taken as the command to run.  note that 'mode_args' are
     subject to shell expansion - if you don't understand what this means do
     not use this feature and pass jobs on stdin.

     when running in submit mode a file may by specified as a list of commands
     to run using the '--infile, -i' option.  this file is taken to be a
     newline separated list of commands to submit, blank lines and comments (#)
     are allowed.  if submitting a large number of jobs the input file method
     is MUCH, more efficient.  if no commands are specified on the command line
     rq automatically reads them from stdin.  yaml formatted files are also
     allowed as input (http://www.yaml.org/) - note that the output of nearly
     all rq commands is valid yaml and may, therefore, be piped as input into
     the submit command.  the leading '---' of yaml file may not be omitted.

     when submitting the '--priority, -p' option can be used here to determine
     the priority of jobs.  priorities may be any whole number including
     negative ones - zero is the default.  note that submission of a high
     priority job will NOT supplant a currently running low priority job, but
     higher priority jobs WILL always migrate above lower priority jobs in the
     queue in order that they be run as soon as possible.  constant submission
     of high priority jobs may create a starvation situation whereby low
     priority jobs are never allowed to run.  avoiding this situation is the
     responsibility of the user.  the only guaruntee rq makes regarding job
     execution is that jobs are executed in an 'oldest-highest-priority' order
     and that running jobs are never supplanted.  jobs submitted with the
     '--stage' option will not be eligible to be run by any node and will
     remain in a 'holding' state until updated (see update mode) into the
     'pending' mode, this option allows jobs to entered, or 'staged', in the
     queue and then made candidates for running at a later date.

     rq allows the stdin of commands to be provided and also captures the
     stdout and stderr of any job run (of course standard shell redirects may
     be used as well) and all three will be stored in a directory relative the
     the queue itself.  the stdin/stdout/stderr files are stored by job id and
     there location (though relative to the queue) is shown in the output of
     'list' (see docs for list).


     examples :

       0) submit the job ls to run on some feeding host

         ~ > rq q s ls

       1) submit the job ls to run on some feeding host, at priority 9

         ~ > rq -p9 q s ls

       2) submit a list of jobs from file.  note the '-' used to specify
       reading jobs from stdin

         ~ > cat joblist
         job1.sh
         job2.sh
         job2.sh

         ~ > rq q submit --infile=joblist

       3) submit a joblist on stdin

         ~ > cat joblist | rq q submit -

         or

         ~ > rq q submit - <joblist

       4) submit cat as a job, providing the stdin for cat from the file cat.in

         ~ > rq q submit cat --stdin=cat.in

       5) submit cat as a job, providing the stdin for the cat job on stdin

         ~ > cat cat.in | rq q submit cat --stdin=-

         or

         ~ > rq q submit cat --stdin=- <cat.in

       6) submit 42 priority 9 jobs from a command file, marking them as
          'important' using the '--tag, -t' option.

         ~ > wc -l cmdfile
         42

         ~ > rq -p9 -timportant q s < cmdfile

       6) re-submit all the 'important' jobs (see 'query' section below)

         ~ > rq q query tag=important | rq q s -

       8) re-submit all jobs which are already finished (see 'list' section
          below)

         ~ > rq q l f | rq q s


       9) stage the job wont_run_yet to the queue in a 'holding' state.  no
          feeder will run this job until it's state is upgraded to 'pending'

         ~ > rq q s --stage wont_run_yet


   ioview, io :

     as shown in the description for submit, a job maybe be provided stdin
     during job submission.  the stdout and stderr of the job are also captured
     as the job is run.  all three streams are captured in files located
     relative to the queue.  so, if one has submitted a job, and it's jid was
     shown to be 42, by using something like

       ~ > rq /path/to/q submit myjob --stdin=myjob.in
       ---
       -
         jid : 42
         priority : 0
         ...
         stdin : stdin/42
         stdout : stdout/42
         stderr : stderr/42
         ...
         command : myjob

     the stdin file will exists as soon as the job is submitted and the others
     will exist once the job has begun running.  note that these paths are
     shown relative to the queue.  in this case the actual paths would be

       /path/to/q/stdin/42
       /path/to/q/stdout/42
       /path/to/q/stderr/42

     but, since our queue is nfs mounted the /path/to/q may or may not be the
     same on every host.  thus the path is a relative one.  this can make it
     anoying to view these files, but rq assists here with the ioview command.
     the ioview command spawns an external editor to view all three files.
     it's use is quite simple

     examples :

       0) view the stdin/stdout/stderr of job id 42

          ~ > rq ioview 42

     by default this will open up all three files in vim.  the editor command
     can be specified using the '--editor' option or the ENV var RQ_EDITOR.
     the default value is 'vim -R -o' which allows all three files to be opened
     in a single window.


   resubmit, r :

     resubmit jobs back to a queue to be proccesed by a feeding node.  resubmit
     is essentially equivalent to submitting a job that is already in the queue
     as a new job and then deleting the original job except that using resubmit
     is atomic and, therefore, safer and more efficient.  resubmission respects
     any previous stdin provided for job input.  read docs for delete and
     submit for more info.

     examples :

       0) resubmit job 42 to the queue

         ~> rq q resubmit 42

       1) resubmit all failed jobs

         ~> rq q query exit_status!=0 | rq q resubmit -

       2) resubmit job 4242 with different stdin

         ~ rq q resubmit 4242 --stdin=new_stdin.in


   list, l, ls :

     list mode lists jobs of a certain state or job id.  state may be one of
     pending, holding, running, finished, dead, or all.  any 'mode_args' that
     are numbers are taken to be job id's to list.

     states may be abbreviated to uniqueness, therefore the following shortcuts
     apply :

       p => pending
       h => holding
       r => running
       f => finished
       d => dead
       a => all

     examples :

       0) show everything in q
           ~ > rq q list all

         or

           ~ > rq q l all

         or

           ~ > export RQ_Q=q
           ~ > rq l

       1) show q's pending jobs
           ~ > rq q list pending

       2) show q's running jobs
           ~ > rq q list running

       3) show q's finished jobs
           ~ > rq q list finished

       4) show job id 42
           ~ > rq q l 42

       5) show q's holding jobs
           ~ > rq q list holding


   status, t :

     status mode shows the global state the queue and statistics on it's the
     cluster's performance.  there are no 'mode_args'.  the meaning of each
     state is as follows:

       pending  => no feeder has yet taken this job
       holding  => a hold has been placed on this job, thus no feeder will start
                   it
       running  => a feeder has taken this job
       finished => a feeder has finished this job
       dead     => rq died while running a job, has restarted, and moved
                   this job to the dead state

     note that rq cannot move jobs into the dead state unless it has been
     restarted.  this is because no node has any knowledge of other nodes and
     cannot possibly know if a job was started on a node that died, or is
     simply taking a very long time.  only the node that dies, upon restart,
     can determine that is has jobs that 'were started before it started' and
     move these jobs into the dead state.  normally only a machine crash would
     cause a job to be placed into the dead state.  dead jobs are never
     automatically restarted, this is the responsibility of an operator.

     examples :

       0) show q's status

         ~ > rq q t


   delete, d :

     delete combinations of pending, holding, finished, dead, or jobs specified
     by jid.  the delete mode is capable of parsing the output of list and
     query modes, making it possible to create custom filters to delete jobs
     meeting very specific conditions.

     'mode_args' are the same as for list.

     note that it is NOT possible to delete a running job.  rq has a
     decentralized architechture which means that compute nodes are completely
     independant of one another; an extension is that there is no way to
     communicate the deletion of a running job from the queue the the node
     actually running that job.  it is not an error to force a job to die
     prematurely using a facility such as an ssh command spawned on the remote
     host to kill it.  once a job has been noted to have finished, whatever the
     exit status, it can be deleted from the queue.

     examples :

       0) delete all pending, finished, and dead jobs from a queue

         ~ > rq q d all

       1) delete all pending jobs from a queue

         ~ > rq q d p

       2) delete all finished jobs from a queue

         ~ > rq q d f

       3) delete jobs via hand crafted filter program

         ~ > rq q list | yaml_filter_prog | rq q d -

         an example ruby filter program (you have to love this)

           ~ > cat yaml_filter_prog
           require 'yaml'
           joblist = YAML::load STDIN
           y joblist.select{|job| job['command'] =~ /bombing_program/}

         this program reads the list of jobs (yaml) from stdin and then dumps
         only those jobs whose command matches 'bombing_program', which is
         subsequently piped to the delete command.


   update, u :

     update assumes all leading arguments are jids to update with subsequent
     key=value pairs.  currently only the 'command', 'priority', and 'tag'
     fields of pending jobs can be generically updated and the 'state' field
     may be toggled between pending and holding.

     examples:

       0) update the priority of job 42

         ~ > rq q update 42 priority=7

       1) update the priority of all pending jobs

         ~ > rq q update pending priority=7

       2) query jobs with a command matching 'foobar' and update their command
       to be 'barfoo'

         ~ > rq q q "command like '%foobar%'" |\
             rq q u command=barfoo

       3) place a hold on jid 2

         ~ > rq q u 2 state=holding

       4) place a hold on all jobs with tag=disk_filler

         ~ > rq q q tag=disk_filler | rq q u state=holding -

       5) remove the hold on jid 2

         ~ > rq q u 2 state=pending


   query, q :

     query exposes the database more directly the user, evaluating the where
     clause specified on the command line (or read from stdin).  this feature
     can be used to make a fine grained slection of jobs for reporting or as
     input into the delete command.  you must have a basic understanding of SQL
     syntax to use this feature, but it is fairly intuitive in this limited
     capacity.

     examples:

       0) show all jobs submitted within a specific 10 minute range

         ~ > a='2004-06-29 22:51:00'

         ~ > b='2004-06-29 22:51:10'

         ~ > rq q query "started >= '$a' and started < '$b'"

       1) shell quoting can be tricky here so input on stdin is also allowed to
       avoid shell expansion

         ~ > cat constraints.txt
         started >= '2004-06-29 22:51:00' and
         started < '2004-06-29 22:51:10'

         ~ > rq q query < contraints.txt
           or (same thing)

         ~ > cat contraints.txt| rq q query -

       2) this query output might then be used to delete those jobs

         ~ > cat contraints.txt | rq q q - | rq q d -

       3) show all jobs which are either finished or dead

         ~ > rq q q "state='finished' or state='dead'"

       4) show all jobs which have non-zero exit status

         ~ > rq q query exit_status!=0

       5) if you plan to query groups of jobs with some common feature consider
       using the '--tag, -t' feature of the submit mode which allows a user to
       tag a job with a user defined string which can then be used to easily
       query that job group

         ~ > rq q submit --tag=my_jobs - < joblist

         ~ > rq q query tag=my_jobs


       6) in general all but numbers will need to be surrounded by single
       quotes unless the query is a 'simple' one.  a simple query is a query
       with no boolean operators, not quotes, and where every part of it looks
       like

             key op value

          with ** NO SPACES ** between key, op, and value.  if, and only if,
          the query is 'simple' rq will contruct the where clause
          appropriately.  the operators accepted, and their meanings, are

            =  : equivalence : sql =
            =~ : matches     : sql like
            !~ : not matches : sql not like

          match, in the context is ** NOT ** a regular expression but a sql
          style string match.  about all you need to know about sql matches is
          that the '%' char matches anything.  multiple simple queries will be
          joined with boolean 'and'

          this sounds confusing - it isn't.  here are some examples of simple
          queries

          6.a)
            query :
              rq q query tag=important

            where_clause :
              "( tag = 'important' )"

          6.b)
            query :
              rq q q priority=6 restartable=true

            where_clause :
              "( priority = 6 ) and ( restartable = 'true' )"

          6.c)
            query :
              rq q q command=~%bombing_job% runner=~%node_1%

            where_clause :
              "( command like '%bombing_job%') and (runner like '%node_1%')"


   execute, e :

     execute mode is to be used by expert users with a knowledge of sql syntax
     only.  it follows the locking protocol used by rq and then allows the user
     to execute arbitrary sql on the queue.  unlike query mode a write lock on
     the queue is obtained allowing a user to definitively shoot themselves in
     the foot.  for details on a queue's schema the file 'db.schema' in the
     queue directory should be examined.

       examples :

         0) list all jobs

           ~ > rq q execute 'select * from jobs'


   configure, C :

     this mode is not supported yet.


   snapshot, p :

     snapshot provides a means of taking a snapshot of the q. use this feature
     when many queries are going to be run; for example when attempting to
     figure out a complex pipeline command your test queries will not compete
     with the feeders for the queue's lock.  you should use this option
     whenever possible to avoid lock competition.

     examples:

       0) take a snapshot using default snapshot naming, which is made via the
       basename of the q plus '.snapshot'

         ~ > rq /path/to/nfs/q snapshot

       1) use this snapshot to chceck status

         ~ > rq ./q.snapshot status

       2) use the snapshot to see what's running on which host

         ~ > rq ./q.snapshot list running | grep `hostname`

     note that there is also a snapshot option - this option is not the same as
     the snapshot command.  the option can be applied to ANY command. if in
     effect then that command will be run on a snapshot of the database and the
     snapshot then immediately deleted.  this is really only useful if one were
     to need to run a command against a very heavily loaded queue and did not
     wish to wait to obtain the lock.  eg.

       0) get the status of a heavily loaded queue

         ~ > rq q t --snapshot

       1) same as above

         ~ > rq q t -s

     ** IMPORTANT **

       a really great way to hang all processing in your queue is to do this

         rq q list | less

       and then leave for the night.  you hold a read lock you won't release
       until less dies.  this is what snapshot is made for!  use it like

         rq q list -s | less

       now you've taken a snapshot of the queue to list so your locks affect no
       one.


   lock, L :

     lock the queue and then execute an arbitrary shell command.  lock mode
     uses the queue's locking protocol to safely obtain a lock of the specified
     type and execute a command on the user's behalf.  lock type must be one of

       (r)ead | (sh)ared | (w)rite | (ex)clusive

     examples :

       0) get a read lock on the queue and make a backup

         ~ > rq q L read -- cp -r q q.bak

         (the '--' is needed to tell rq to stop parsing command line
          options which allows the '-r' to be passed to the 'cp' command)

     ** IMPORTANT **

       this is another fantastic way to freeze your queue - use with care!


   backup, b :

     backup mode is exactly the same as getting a read lock on the queue and
     making a copy of it.  this mode is provided as a convenience.

       0) make a backup of the queue using default naming ( qname + timestamp + .bak )

         ~ > rq q b

       1) make a backup of the queue as 'q.bak'

         ~ > rq q b q.bak


   rotate, r :

     rotate mode is conceptually similar to log rolling.  normally the list of
     finished jobs will grow without bound in a queue unless they are manually
     deleted.  rotation is a method of trimming finished jobs from a queue
     without deleting them.  the method used is that the queue is copied to a
     'rotation'; all jobs that are dead or finished are deleted from the
     original queue and all pending and running jobs are deleted from the
     rotation.  in this way the rotation becomes a record of the queue's
     finished and dead jobs at the time the rotation was made.

       0) rotate a queue using default rotation name

         ~ > rq q rotate

       1) rotate a queue naming the rotation

         ~ > rq q rotate q.rotation

       2) a crontab entry like this could be used to rotate a queue daily

         59 23 * * * rq q rotate `date +q.%Y%m%d`


   feed, f :

     take jobs from the queue and run them on behalf of the submitter as
     quickly as possible.  jobs are taken from the queue in an 'oldest highest
     priority' first order.

     feeders can be run from any number of nodes allowing you to harness the
     CPU power of many nodes simoultaneously in order to more effectively
     clobber your network, anoy your sysads, and set output raids on fire.

     the most useful method of feeding from a queue is to do so in daemon mode
     so that if the process loses it's controling terminal it will not exit
     when you exit your terminal session.  use the '--daemon, -d' option to
     accomplish this.  by default only one feeding process per host per queue
     is allowed to run at any given moment.  because of this it is acceptable
     to start a feeder at some regular interval from a cron entry since, if a
     feeder is alreay running, the process will simply exit and otherwise a new
     feeder will be started.  in this way you may keep feeder processing
     running even acroess machine reboots without requiring sysad intervention
     to add an entry to the machine's startup tasks.


     examples :

       0) feed from a queue verbosely for debugging purposes, using a minimum
       and maximum polling time of 2 and 4 respectively.  you would NEVER
       specify polling times this brief except for debugging purposes!!!

         ~ > rq q feed -v4 --min_sleep=2 --max_sleep=4

       1) same as above, but viewing the executed sql as it is sent to the
       database

         ~ > RQ_SQL_DEBUG=1 rq q feed -v4 --min_sleep=2 --max_sleep=4

       2) feed from a queue in daemon mode - logging to /home/ahoward/rq.log

         ~ > rq q feed --daemon -l/home/$USER/rq.log

          log rolling in daemon mode is automatic so your logs should never
          need to be deleted to prevent disk overflow.


   start :

     the start mode is equivalent to running the feed mode except the --daemon
     is implied so the process instantly goes into the background.  also, if no
     log (--log) is specified in start mode a default one is used.  the default
     is /home/$USER/$BASENAME_OF_Q.log

     examples :

       0) start a daemon process feeding from q

         ~ > rq q start

       1) use something like this sample crontab entry to keep a feeder running
       forever - it attempts to (re)start every fifteen minutes but exits if
       another process is already feeding.  output is only created when the
       daemon is started so your mailbox will not fill up with this crontab
       entry:

         #
         # crontab.sample
         #

         */15 * * * * /path/to/bin/rq /path/to/q start

       and entry like this on every node in your cluster is all that's needed
       to keep your cluster going - even after a reboot.


   shutdown :

     tell a running feeder to finish any pending jobs and then to exit.  this
     is equivalent to sending signal 'SIGTERM' to the process - this is what
     using 'kill pid' does by default.

     examples :

       0) stop a feeding process, if any, that is feeding from q.  allow all
       jobs to be finished first.

         ~ > rq q shutdown

     ** VERY IMPORTANT **

       if you are keeping your feeder alive with a crontab entry you'll need to
         comment it out before doing this or else it will simply re-start!!!

   stop :

     tell any running feeder to stop NOW.  this sends signal 'SIGKILL' (-9) to
     the feeder process.  the same warning as for shutdown applies!!!

     examples :

       0) stop a feeding process, if any, that is feeding from q.  allow NO
       jobs to be finished first - exit instantly.

         ~ > rq q stop


   pid :

     show the pid, if any, of the feeder on this host

     ~ > rq q feeder
     ---
     pid : 3176


   help, h :

     this message

     examples :

       0) get this message

         ~> rq q help

         or

         ~> rq help

NOTES
   - realize that your job is going to be running on a remote host and this has
     implications.  paths, for example, should be absolute, not relative.
     specifically the submitted job script must be visible from all hosts
     currently feeding from a queue as must be the input and output
     files/directories.

   - jobs are currently run under the bash shell using the --login option.
     therefore any settings in your .bashrc will apply - specifically your PATH
     setting.  you should not, however, rely on jobs running with any given
     environment.

   - you need to consider __CAREFULLY__ what the ramifications of having
     multiple instances of your program all potentially running at the same
     time will be.  for instance, it is beyond the scope of rq to ensure
     multiple instances of a given program will not overwrite each others
     output files.  coordination of programs is left entirely to the user.

   - the list of finished jobs will grow without bound unless you sometimes
     delete some (all) of them.  the reason for this is that rq cannot know
     when the user has collected the exit_status of a given job, and so keeps
     this information in the queue forever until instructed to delete it.  if
     you have collected the exit_status of you job(s) it is not an error to
     then delete that job from the finished list - the information is kept for
     your informational purposes only.  in a production system it would be
     normal to periodically save, and then delete, all finished jobs.

   - know that it is a VERY bad idea to spawn several dozen process all
     reading/writing huge output files to a single NFS server.  use this
     paradigm instead

       * copy/move data from global input space to local disk
       * process data
       * move data on local disk to global output space

     this, of course, applies to any nfs processing, not just those jobs
     submitted to rq

     the vsftp daemon is an excellent utility to have running on hosts in your
     cluster so anonymous ftp can be used to get/put data between any two
     hosts.

   - know that nfs locking is very, very easy to break with firewalls put in
     place by overzealous system administrators.  be postive not only that nfs
     locking works, but that lock recovery server/client crash or reboot works
     as well.  http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ is the place to learn about NFS.  my
     experience thus far is that there are ZERO properly configured NFS
     installations in the world.  please test yours.  contact me for a simple
     script which can assist you.  beer donations required as payment.

ENVIRONMENT
   RQ_Q: set to the full path of nfs mounted queue

     the queue argument to all commands may be omitted if, and only if, the
     environment variable 'RQ_Q' contains the full path to the q.  eg.

       ~ > export RQ_Q=/full/path/to/my/q

     this feature can save a considerable amount of typing for those weak of
     wrist.

DIAGNOSTICS
  success : $? == 0
  failure : $? != 0

CREDITS
   - kim baugh       : patient tester and design input
   - jeff safran     : the guy can break anything
   - chris elvidge   : made it possible
   - trond myklebust : tons of help with nfs
   - jamis buck      : for writing the sqlite bindings for ruby
   - _why            : for writing yaml for ruby
   - matz            : for writing ruby

AUTHOR
   ara.t.howard at noaa.gov

BUGS
  0 < bugno && bugno <= 42

  reports to ara.t.howard at noaa.gov

OPTIONS
   --priority=priority, -p
         modes <submit, resubmit> : set the job(s) priority - lowest(0) ..
         highest(n) - (default 0)
   --tag=tag, -t
         modes <submit, resubmit> : set the job(s) user data tag
   --runner=runner
         modes <submit, resubmit> : set the job(s) required runner(s)
   --restartable
         modes <submit, resubmit> : set the job(s) to be restartable on node
         reboot
   --stage
         modes <submit, resubmit> : set the job(s) initial state to be holding
         (default pending)
   --infile=infile, -i
         modes <submit, resubmit> : infile
   --stdin=[stdin], -s
         modes <submit, resubmit, update> : stdin
   --quiet, -q
         modes <submit, resubmit, feed> : do not echo submitted jobs, fail
         silently if another process is already feeding
   --daemon, -D
         modes <feed> : spawn a daemon
   --max_feed=max_feed
         modes <feed> : the maximum number of concurrent jobs run
   --retries=retries
         modes <feed> : specify transaction retries
   --min_sleep=min_sleep
         modes <feed> : specify min sleep
   --max_sleep=max_sleep
         modes <feed> : specify max sleep
   --snapshot, -s
         operate on snapshot of queue
   --editor=editor, -e
         editor command capable of opening multiple files at once = (default
         ENV["RQ_EDITOR"] || "vim -R -o")
   --verbosity=verbostiy, -v
         0|fatal < 1|error < 2|warn < 3|info < 4|debug - (default info)
   --log=path, -l
         set log file - (default stderr)
   --log_age=log_age
         daily | weekly | monthly - what age will cause log rolling (default
         nil)
   --log_size=log_size
         size in bytes - what size will cause log rolling (default nil)
   --help, -h
         this message
   --version
         show version number



enjoy.


-a
-- 
some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die
young.  they are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence.
- h.h. the 14th dali lama



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