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 .

IEEE/The Open Group                                   2003                                              QMOVE(P)