Platform LSF Reference Version 6.2

bread
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bread
reads messages and attached data files from a job
SYNOPSIS
bread [-i message_index] [-a file_name]
job_ID
|"job_ID[index]"|-Jjob_name
bread [-h | -V]
DESCRIPTION
Reads messages and data posted to an unfinished job with bpost.
By default, displays the message description text of the job. By default, operates on the
message with index 0.
You can read messages and data from a job until it is cleaned from the system. You
cannot read messages and data from done or exited jobs.
If a you specify a job ID:
◆ You can get read messages of jobs submitted by other users, but you cannot read
data files attached to jobs submitted by other users.
◆ You can only read data files attached to your own jobs.
◆ Root and LSF administrators can read messages of jobs submitted by other users.
◆ Root and LSF administrators cannot read data files attached to jobs submitted by
other users.
Job names are not unique; if you specify
-J job_name:
◆ You only can read messages and data from your own jobs.
◆ You cannot read messages and data from jobs submitted by other users.
◆ Root and the LSF administrators can only read messages and data from their own
jobs.
The command:
% bstatus
is equivalent to:
% bread -i 0
OPTIONS
-i message_index
Specifies the message index to be retrieved.
Default: 0
-a file_name
Gets the text message and copies the data file attached to the specified message index
of the job to the file specified by file_name. Data files cannot be attached to MultiCluster
jobs.