Try this instead: scontrol hold name=g09
(Line 441: https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm/blob/master/src/scontrol/update_job.c) On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 9:17 AM, Loris Bennett <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Hi, > > The manpage for version 17.02.9 of 'scontrol' says the following about > the argument for 'hold': > > The job_list argument is a comma separated list of job IDs OR > "jobname=" with the job’s name > > I am trying to put a number of jobs with the job name "g09" on hold. > However, I can't get the syntax right. > > scontrol hold jobname=g09 > scontrol hold jobname="g09" > scontrol hold "jobname=g09" > > all give me the error: > > Invalid job id specified for job jobname=g09 > slurm_suspend error: Invalid job id specified > > Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? > > Cheers, > > Loris > > -- > Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) > ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de > >