Job Manager

A simple job management system to handle job queues with priorities, implemented in Python.

Features

• Add jobs to a queue with priority
• Check the status of jobs
• Execute jobs in the queue based on priority
• Persist job states across restarts
• Run jobs in the background using nohup and screen

Usage

Adding a Job

python3 job_manager.py add "your_command_here" [priority]

Checking Job Status

python3 job_manager.py status job_id

Running Jobs

./run_jobs.sh

Example

# Add a job with priority 10
python3 job_manager.py add "echo 'Hello, High Priority World!'" 10

# Check the status of the job
python3 job_manager.py status 1

# Run the job manager to process the queue
./run_jobs.sh

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• screen and nohup installed

Error Handling

• Errors are logged in the context.txt file.
• Jobs that fail are marked as failed and their status is persisted.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.