Movajobs — a heavy-job runner with limits and a log
jobs runs one command, samples the whole process tree every second (peak RSS and CPU time from /proc), stops only that job when it passes its memory or time limit, and logs estimate against actual.
Run
cargo build --release -p jobs
target/release/jobs run --name N [--mem-gb G] [--secs S] [--est-mem-gb E] [--est-secs T] -- command args…
target/release/jobs log
| Flag | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
--name | the command | job name in the log |
--mem-gb | 16 | stop when the tree's RSS exceeds it |
--secs | 7200 | stop when wall time exceeds it |
--est-mem-gb, --est-secs | — | your estimate, logged next to the actual values |
A stop sends SIGTERM to the tree, then SIGKILL after 5 s; the exit code is then -9. Otherwise jobs exits with the command's code.
jobs log prints jobs.jsonl: one JSON line per job with name, cmd, est_mem_gb, est_secs, peak_mem_gb, cpu_secs, wall_secs, code, reason.
Limits
Linux only (/proc). Sampling is once per second, so a short spike can pass unseen. $MOVA_DATA defaults to ~/mova-data.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/tools/jobs/