[slurm-users] Information about finished jobs

[Ole Holm Nielsen]

On 6/14/21 9:33 AM, Arthur Gilly wrote:
> A related question, on my setup, scontrol show job displays the standard
> output, standard error redirections as well as the wd, whereas this info is
> lost after completion when sacct is required. Is this something that's
> configurable so that this info is preserved with sacct?

This seems to be a FAQ :-)  Please read the list threads "How to get 
command from a finished job" and "Show detailed information from a 
finished job".

Answer: After job completion you can only ask for the information which is 
in the Slurm database.  The "showjob" command does that for you.

/Ole