> */2 * * * * scontrol --oneliner show node > /cluster/var/node-info.new > 2>/dev/null && mv -f /cluster/var/node-info.new /cluster/var/node-info > 2>/dev/null > > So, every 2. minute, the /cluster/var/node-info is updated (if the > scontrol command succeeds), and the nodes simply grep in that file.
That would be fine, yes. But actually, the scontrol command ran so fast compared to sinfo, that I might just use that directly. Thanks for the suggestions! Alexis