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+#!/usr/bin/expect
+############################################################################
+# Purpose: Test of SLURM functionality
+#          Test priorities assigned to jobs. Uses srun --hold and --batch options. 
+#
+# Output:  "TEST: #.#" followed by "SUCCESS" if test was successful, OR
+#          "FAILURE: ..." otherwise with an explanation of the failure, OR
+#          anything else indicates a failure mode that must be investigated.
+############################################################################
+# Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
+# Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
+# Written by Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov>
+# UCRL-CODE-2002-040.
+# 
+# This file is part of SLURM, a resource management program.
+# For details, see <http://www.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/>.
+#  
+# SLURM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+# 
+# SLURM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+# details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with SLURM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA.
+############################################################################
+source ./globals
+
+set test_id              "7.1"
+set exit_code            0
+set job_id1              0
+set job_id2              0
+set job_id3              0
+set prio1                -1
+set prio2                -1
+set prio3                -1
+
+print_header $test_id
+
+#
+# Spawn three srun batch job, one held
+#
+spawn $srun --batch -t1 --output=/dev/null --error=/dev/null  $bin_pwd
+expect {
+	-re "jobid ($number) submitted" {
+		set job_id1 $expect_out(1,string)
+		exp_continue
+	}
+	timeout {
+		send_user "\nFAILURE: srun not responding\n"
+		kill_srun
+		exit 1
+	}
+	eof {
+		wait
+	}
+}
+spawn $srun --batch -t1 --output=/dev/null --error=/dev/null $bin_pwd
+expect {
+        -re "jobid ($number) submitted" {
+                set job_id2 $expect_out(1,string)
+                exp_continue
+        }
+        timeout {
+                send_user "\nFAILURE: srun not responding\n"
+                kill_srun
+                exit 1
+        }
+        eof {
+		wait
+        }
+}
+spawn $srun --batch -t1 --output=/dev/null --error=/dev/null --hold $bin_pwd
+expect {
+        -re "jobid ($number) submitted" {
+                set job_id3 $expect_out(1,string)
+                exp_continue
+        }
+        timeout {
+                send_user "\nFAILURE: srun not responding\n"
+                kill_srun
+                exit 1
+        }
+        eof {
+		wait
+        }
+}
+
+
+#
+# Get priority of each job
+#
+if {$job_id1 != 0} {
+	spawn $scontrol show job $job_id1
+	expect {
+		-re "Priority=($number)" {
+			set prio1 $expect_out(1,string)
+			exp_continue
+		}
+		timeout {
+			send_user "\nFAILURE: scontrol not responding\n"
+			cancel_job $job_id1
+			set exit_code   1
+		}
+		eof {
+			wait
+		}
+	}
+	cancel_job $job_id1
+} else {
+	set exit_code   1
+}
+if {$job_id2 != 0} {
+        spawn $scontrol show job $job_id2
+        expect {
+                -re "Priority=($number)" {
+                        set prio2 $expect_out(1,string)
+                        exp_continue
+                }
+                timeout {
+                        send_user "\nFAILURE: scontrol not responding\n"
+                        cancel_job $job_id2
+                        set exit_code   1
+                }
+                eof {
+			wait
+                }
+        }
+        cancel_job $job_id2
+} else {
+        set exit_code   1
+}
+if {$job_id3 != 0} {
+        spawn $scontrol show job $job_id3
+        expect {
+                -re "Priority=($number)" {
+                        set prio3 $expect_out(1,string)
+                        exp_continue
+                }
+                timeout {
+                        send_user "\nFAILURE: scontrol not responding\n"
+                        cancel_job $job_id3
+                        set exit_code   1
+                }
+                eof {
+			wait
+                }
+        }
+        cancel_job $job_id3
+} else {
+        set exit_code   1
+}
+
+#
+# Confirm reasonable values for the job priorities
+#
+if {$prio1 <= $prio2} {
+	send_user "\FAILURE: Job priorities are not decreasing: $prio1 <= $prio2 \n"
+	set exit_code 1
+}
+if {$prio3 != 0} {
+	send_user "\FAILURE: Held job has non-zero priority: $prio3\n"
+	set exit_code 1
+}
+
+if {$exit_code == 0} {
+	send_user "\nSUCCESS\n"
+}
+exit $exit_code