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/usr/bin/pquery

Reference Implementation of the Process Management Interface Exascale (PMIx) standard

From openpmix 6.1.0-r8 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running pquery --help (exit 0). permalink

pquery (PMIx) 6.1.0

Usage: pquery [OPTION] KEY[qualifier(s)]
PMIx Query tool


/*****      General Options      *****/

-h|--help                            This help message
-h|--help <arg0>                     Help for the specified option
-v|--verbose                         Enable typical debug options
-V|--version                         Print version and exit
--pmixmca <arg0> <arg1>           Set MCA parameter value

--uri <arg0>                      Specify the URI of the server to which we are to connect, or
the name of the file (specified as file:filename) that contains that info
--namespace <arg0>                Namespace of the daemon to which we should connect
--pid <arg0>                      PID of the daemon to which we should connect (int => PID or file:<file>
for file containing the PID
--system-server-first             First look for a system server and connect to it if found
--system-server                   Connect to a system-level server
--tmpdir <arg0>                   Set the root for the session directory tree
--wait-to-connect <arg0>          Delay specified number of seconds before trying to connect
--num-connect-retries <arg0>      Max number of times to try to connect

Keys passed to pquery may optionally include one or more qualifiers, with the
individual qualifiers delimited by semi-colons. For example:

PMIX_STORAGE_XFER_SIZE[PMIX_STORAGE_ID=lustre1,lustre2;PMIX_STORAGE_PATH=foo]

Report bugs to https://github.com/openpmix/openpmix
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
--pmixmca arg0Set MCA parameter valuehelp
--uri arg0Specify the URI of the server to which we are to connect, orhelp
--namespace arg0Namespace of the daemon to which we should connecthelp
--pid arg0PID of the daemon to which we should connect (int => PID or file:<file>help
--system-server-firstFirst look for a system server and connect to it if foundhelp
--system-serverConnect to a system-level serverhelp
--tmpdir arg0Set the root for the session directory treehelp
--wait-to-connect arg0Delay specified number of seconds before trying to connecthelp
--num-connect-retries arg0Max number of times to try to connecthelp

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