qhold(1)

hold back Grid Engine jobs from execution

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Description

QHOLD

NAME

qhold - places a hold on jobs in a familiar pbs format

SYNOPSIS

qhold [-h u|o|s|n] job_id...

DESCRIPTION

The qhold command requests that a hold be placed on a job. A job that is on hold is not eligible for execution. There are three supported holds: USER, OTHER (also known as operator or batch), and SYSTEM.

If the -h option is not specified, the USER hold will be applied to the specified jobs.

OPTIONS

-h hold_type

Specifieds the types of holds to be placed on the job.

The hold_type argument is a one of the characters "u", "o", "s" or "n". The hold type associated with each letter is:

B<u> - USER
B<o> - OTHER
B<s> - SYSTEM
B<n> - None

-? | --help

brief help message

--man

full documentation

EXIT STATUS

On success, qhold will exit with a value of zero. On failure, qhold will exit with a value greater than zero.