# Getting run status other than from the .e and .o files

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/getting-run-status-other-than-from-the-e-and-o-files/2498>\
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**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/getting-run-status-other-than-from-the-e-and-o-files/2498 "2021-02-18T12:15:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![lior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@lior](https://community.openpbs.org/u/lior)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/getting-run-status-other-than-from-the-e-and-o-files/2498/1 "2021-02-18T12:15:21Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to get the run status and its stderr and stdout other than from the text files pbs\_script.e### and pbs\_script.o###?  
I need a way to allow an external program to get the job status and its outcome without reading or following the text files and qstat.

Thanks,  
L

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**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/getting-run-status-other-than-from-the-e-and-o-files/2498/2 "2021-02-18T16:09:24Z")

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I am not sure whether this can be achieved. If you have come across any such work load managers doing this , could you please reference them here. In order to know the status of the jobs you need use the api’s or track stdout/err. Other than this, if you can use the libraries (PBS IFL) in your code and try to interface with the server programmatically, then there is a possibility.

Could you please state the reason why you would like to avoid reading .e / .o or using qstat ?

Other members of the forum might have some suggestions

Thank you