NAME
qmove - move batch jobs
SYNOPSIS
qmove destination job_identifier ...
DESCRIPTION
To move a batch job is to remove the batch job from the batch queue in
which it resides and instantiate the batch job in another batch queue.
A batch job is moved by a request to the batch server that manages the
batch job. The qmove utility is a user-accessible batch client that
requests the movement of one or more batch jobs.
The qmove utility shall move those batch jobs, and only those batch
jobs, for which a batch job_identifier is presented to the utility.
The qmove utility shall move batch jobs in the order in which the
corresponding batch job_identifiers are presented to the utility.
If the qmove utility fails to process a batch job_identifier
successfully, the utility shall proceed to process the remaining batch
job_identifiers, if any.
The qmove utility shall move batch jobs by sending a Move Job Request
to the batch server that manages each batch job. The qmove utility
shall not exit before the batch jobs corresponding to all successfully
processed batch job_identifiers have been moved.
OPTIONS
None.
OPERANDS
The qmove utility shall accept one operand that conforms to the syntax
for a destination (see Destination ).
The qmove utility shall accept one or more operands that conform to the
syntax for a batch job_identifier (see Batch Job Identifier ).
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
qmove:
LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization variables
that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization
Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables
used to determine the values of locale categories.)
LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all
the other internationalization variables.
LC_CTYPE
Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as
opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).
LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format
and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.
LOGNAME
Determine the login name of the user.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
None.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values shall be returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
In addition to the default behavior, the qmove utility shall not be
required to write a diagnostic message to standard error when the error
reply received from a batch server indicates that the batch
job_identifier does not exist on the server. Whether or not the qmove
utility waits to output the diagnostic message while attempting to
locate the job on other servers is implementation-defined.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
EXAMPLES
None.
RATIONALE
The qmove utility allows users to move jobs between queues.
The alternative to using the qmove utility-deleting the batch job and
requeuing it-entails considerably more typing.
Since the means of selecting jobs based on attributes has been
encapsulated in the qselect utility, the only option of the qmove
utility concerns authorization. The -u option provides the user with
the convenience of changing the user identifier under which the batch
job will execute. Minimalism and consistency have taken precedence
over convenience; the -u option has been deleted because the equivalent
capability exists with the -u option of the qalter utility.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
Batch Environment Services , qalter , qselect
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .