code: def _update_status(self, sub_job_num=None):
          
          job_id = '%s.%s' % (self.cluster_id, sub_job_num) if sub_job_num else str(self.cluster_id)
          format = ['-format', '"%d"', 'JobStatus']
          cmd = 'condor_q {0} {1} && condor_history {0} {1}'.format(job_id, ' '.join(format))
          args = [cmd]
          out, err = self._execute(args, shell=True, run_in_job_dir=False)
          if err:
              log.error('Error while updating status for job %s: %s', job_id, err)
              raise HTCondorError(err)
          if not out:
              log.error('Error while updating status for job %s: Job not found.', job_id)
              raise HTCondorError('Job not found.')
  
          out = out.replace('\"', '')
          log.info('Job %s status: %s', job_id, out)
  
          if not sub_job_num:
              if len(out) >= self.num_jobs:
                  out = out[:self.num_jobs]
              else:
                  msg = 'There are {0} sub-jobs, but {1} status(es).'.format(self.num_jobs, len(out))
                  log.error(msg)
                  raise HTCondorError(msg)
  
          #initialize status dictionary
          status_dict = dict()
          for val in CONDOR_JOB_STATUSES.values():
              status_dict[val] = 0
  
          for status_code_str in out:
              status_code = 0
              try:
                  status_code = int(status_code_str)
              except ValueError:
                  pass
              key = CONDOR_JOB_STATUSES[status_code]
              status_dict[key] += 1
  
          return status_dict
docs: Gets the job status.
  
          Return:
              str: The current status of the job