(Signal a job)
Synopsis
qsig [{-s <SIGNAL>}] <JOBID>[ <JOBID>] ...
[-a]
Description
The qsig command requests that a signal be sent to executing batch jobs. The signal is sent to the session leader of the job. If the -s option is not specified, SIGTERM is sent. The request to signal a batch job will be rejected if:
The qsig command sends a Signal Job batch request to the server which owns the job.
Options
Operands
The qsig command accepts one or more job_identifier operands of the form:
sequence_number[.server_name][@server]
Examples
> qsig -s SIGKILL 3233 send a SIGKILL to job 3233
> qsig -s KILL 3233 send a SIGKILL to job 3233
> qsig -s 9 3233 send a SIGKILL to job 3233
Standard error
The qsig command will write a diagnostic message to standard error for each error occurrence.
Exit status
Upon successful processing of all the operands presented to the qsig command, the exit status will be a value of zero.
If the qsig command fails to process any operand, the command exits with a value greater than zero.
Related topics
Non-Adaptive Computing topics