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NAME

       scancel - Used to signal jobs or job steps that are under the control of Slurm.

SYNOPSIS

       scancel [OPTIONS...] [job_id[_array_id][.step_id]] [job_id[_array_id][.step_id]...]

DESCRIPTION

       scancel is used to signal or cancel jobs, job arrays or job steps.  An arbitrary number of
       jobs or job steps may be signaled using job specification filters  or  a  space  separated
       list  of specific job and/or job step IDs.  If the job ID of a job array is specified with
       an array ID value then only that job array element will be cancelled.  If the job ID of  a
       job  array  is  specified  without  an  array ID value then all job array elements will be
       cancelled.  While a heterogeneous job is in pending state, only  the  entire  job  can  be
       cancelled  rather  than  it's  individual  components.   A request to cancel an individual
       component of a heterogeneous job not in pending state will return an error.  After the job
       has  begun  execution,  the  individual component can be cancelled.  A job or job step can
       only be signaled by the owner of that job or user root.  If  an  attempt  is  made  by  an
       unauthorized  user  to  signal a job or job step, an error message will be printed and the
       job will not be signaled.

OPTIONS

       -A, --account=account
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs under this charge account.

       -b, --batch
              By default, signals other than SIGKILL are not sent to the batch  step  (the  shell
              script).  With  this  option scancel signals only the batch step, but not any other
              steps.  This is useful when the shell script has to trap the signal and  take  some
              application  defined  action.   Note that most shells cannot handle signals while a
              command is running (child process of the batch step), the shell use  to  wait  wait
              until  the  command  ends to then handle the signal. Children of the batch step are
              not signaled with this option, use -f, --full instead.   NOTE:  If  used  with  -f,
              --full,  this  option  ignored.   NOTE: This option is not applicable if step_id is
              specified.  NOTE: The shell itself may exit upon receipt of many signals.  You  may
              avoid  this  by  explicitly  trap signals within the shell script (e.g. "trap <arg>
              <signals>"). See the shell documentation for details.

       --ctld Send the job signal request to the slurmctld daemon rather  than  directly  to  the
              slurmd  daemons.  This increases overhead, but offers better fault tolerance.  This
              is the default behavior on architectures using front end  nodes  (e.g.   Cray  ALPS
              computers) or when the --clusters option is used.

       -f, --full
              By  default,  signals  other than SIGKILL are not sent to the batch step (the shell
              script). With this option scancel signals also the batch script  and  its  children
              processes.   Most  shells  cannot  handle signals while a command is running (child
              process of the batch step), the shell use to wait until the command  ends  to  then
              handle the signal. Unlike -b, --batch, children of the batch step are also signaled
              with this option.  NOTE: srun steps are also children of the batch step,  so  steps
              are also signaled with this option.

       --help Print a help message describing all scancel options.

       -H, --hurry
              Do not stage out any burst buffer data.

       -i, --interactive
              Interactive   mode.  Confirm  each  job_id.step_id  before  performing  the  cancel
              operation.

       -M, --clusters=<string>
              Clusters to issue commands to.  Note that the SlurmDBD must be up for  this  option
              to work properly.

       -n, --jobname=job_name, --name=job_name
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs with this job name.

       -p, --partition=partition_name
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs in this partition.

       -q, --qos=qos
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs with this quality of service.

       -Q, --quiet
              Do  not  report an error if the specified job is already completed.  This option is
              incompatible with the --verbose option.

       -R, --reservation=reservation_name
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs with this reservation name.

       --sibling=cluster_name
              Remove an active sibling job from a federated job.

       -s, --signal=signal_name
              The name or number of the signal to send.  If this option is not used the specified
              job  or  step  will  be terminated. Note. If this option is used the signal is sent
              directly to the slurmd where the job is running bypassing the  slurmctld  thus  the
              job  state  will not change even if the signal is delivered to it. Use the scontrol
              command if you want the job state change be known to slurmctld.

       -t, --state=job_state_name
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs in this state.  job_state_name  may  have  a
              value of either "PENDING", "RUNNING" or "SUSPENDED".

       -u, --user=user_name
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs owned by this user.

       --usage
              Print a brief help message listing the scancel options.

       -v, --verbose
              Print  additional  logging.  Multiple  v's increase logging detail.  This option is
              incompatible with the --quiet option.

       -V, --version
              Print the version number of the scancel command.

       -w, --nodelist=host1,host2,...
              Cancel any jobs using any of the given hosts.  The  list  may  be  specified  as  a
              comma-separated list of hosts, a range of hosts (host[1-5,7,...] for example), or a
              filename. The host list will be assumed to be a filename only if it contains a  "/"
              character.

       --wckey=wckey
              Restrict the scancel operation to jobs using this workload characterization key.

       ARGUMENTS

       job_id The Slurm job ID to be signaled.

       step_id
              The  step  ID  of  the job step to be signaled.  If not specified, the operation is
              performed at the level of a job.

              If neither --batch nor --signal are used, the entire job will be terminated.

              When --batch is used, the batch  shell  processes  will  be  signaled.   The  child
              processes of the shell will not be signaled by Slurm, but the shell may forward the
              signal.

              When --batch is not used but --signal is used, then all job steps will be signaled,
              but the batch script itself will not be signaled.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Some  scancel  options  may be set via environment variables. These environment variables,
       along with their corresponding options, are listed below.  (Note: commandline options will
       always override these settings)

       SCANCEL_ACCOUNT     -A, --account=account

       SCANCEL_BATCH       -b, --batch

       SCANCEL_CTLD        --ctld

       SCANCEL_FULL        -f, --full

       SCANCEL_HURRY       -H, --hurry

       SCANCEL_INTERACTIVE -i, --interactive

       SCANCEL_NAME        -n, --name=job_name

       SCANCEL_PARTITION   -p, --partition=partition_name

       SCANCEL_QOS         -q, --qos=qos

       SCANCEL_STATE       -t, --state=job_state_name

       SCANCEL_USER        -u, --user=user_name

       SCANCEL_VERBOSE     -v, --verbose

       SCANCEL_WCKEY       --wckey=wckey

       SLURM_CONF          The location of the Slurm configuration file.

NOTES

       If  multiple  filters  are supplied (e.g. --partition and --name) only the jobs satisfying
       all of the filtering options will be signaled.

       Cancelling a job step will not result in the  job  being  terminated.   The  job  must  be
       cancelled to release a resource allocation.

       To  cancel  a job, invoke scancel without --signal option.  This will send first a SIGCONT
       to all steps to eventually wake them up followed by a  SIGTERM,  then  wait  the  KillWait
       duration  defined  in  the  slurm.conf file and finally if they have not terminated send a
       SIGKILL.  This gives time for the running job/step(s) to clean up.

       If a signal value of "KILL" is sent to an entire job, this  will  cancel  the  active  job
       steps but not cancel the job itself.

       On  Cray systems, all signals except SIGCHLD, SIGCONT, SIGSTOP, SIGTSTP, SIGTTIN, SIGTTOU,
       SIGURG, or SIGWINCH cause the ALPS reservation to be released.  The job however  will  not
       be terminated except in the case of SIGKILL and may then be used for post processing.

AUTHORIZATION

       When using the Slurm db, users who have AdminLevel's defined (Operator or Admin) and users
       who are account coordinators are given the authority to invoke  scancel  on  other  user's
       jobs.

EXAMPLES

       Send SIGTERM to steps 1 and 3 of job 1234:
              scancel --signal=TERM 1234.1 1234.3

       Cancel job 1234 along with all of its steps:
              scancel 1234

       Send SIGKILL to all steps of job 1235, but do not cancel the job itself:
              scancel --signal=KILL 1235

       Send SIGUSR1 to the batch shell processes of job 1236:
              scancel --signal=USR1 --batch 1236

       Cancel job all pending jobs belonging to user "bob" in partition "debug":
              scancel --state=PENDING --user=bob --partition=debug

       Cancel only array ID 4 of job array 1237
              scancel 1237_4

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2002-2007 The Regents of the University of California.  Produced at Lawrence
       Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
       Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Lawrence Livermore National Security.
       Copyright (C) 2010-2015 SchedMD LLC.

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SEE ALSO

       slurm_kill_job (3), slurm_kill_job_step (3)