NAME

       qrls - release batch jobs

SYNOPSIS

       qrls [-h hold_list] job_identifier ...

DESCRIPTION

       A  batch  job  might have one or more holds, which prevent the batch job from executing. A batch job from
       which all the holds have been removed becomes eligible for execution and is said to have been released. A
       batch job hold is removed by sending a request to the batch server that manages the batch job.  The  qrls
       utility  is  a  user-accessible  client of batch services that requests holds be removed from one or more
       batch jobs.

       The qrls utility shall remove one or more holds from those batch jobs for which a batch job_identifier is
       presented to the utility.

       The qrls utility shall remove holds from batch jobs in the order in which their batch job_identifiers are
       presented to the utility.

       If the qrls utility fails to process a batch job_identifier successfully, the utility  shall  proceed  to
       process the remaining batch job_identifiers, if any.

       The  qrls  utility  shall  remove  holds  on each batch job by sending a Release Job Request to the batch
       server that manages the batch job.

       The qrls utility shall not exit until the holds have been removed from the  batch  job  corresponding  to
       each successfully processed batch job_identifier.

OPTIONS

       The  qrls  utility  shall  conform  to the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 12.2,
       Utility Syntax Guidelines.

       The following option shall be supported by the implementation:

       -h  hold_list
              Define the types of holds to be removed from the batch job.

       The qrls -h option shall  accept  a  value  for  the  hold_list  option-argument  that  is  a  string  of
       alphanumeric   characters   in   the   portable  character  set  (see  the  Base  Definitions  volume  of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 6.1, Portable Character Set).

       The qrls utility shall accept a value for the hold_list option-argument that is a string of one  or  more
       of the characters 'u' , 's' , or 'o' , or the single character 'n' .

       For  each  unique  character  in the hold_list option-argument, the qrls utility shall add a value to the
       Hold_Types attribute of the batch job as follows, each representing a different hold type:

       u
              USER

       s
              SYSTEM

       o
              OPERATOR

       If any of these characters are duplicated in the  hold_list  option-argument,  the  duplicates  shall  be
       ignored.

       An existing Hold_Types attribute can be cleared by the following hold type:

       n
              NO_HOLD

       The  qrls  utility  shall consider it an error if any hold type other than 'n' is combined with hold type
       'n' .

       Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of the characters 'u' , 's' , 'o' , or  'n'  within
       the  hold_list option-argument. The qrls utility shall permit the repetition of characters, but shall not
       assign additional meaning to the repeated characters.

       An implementation may define other hold types. The  conformance  document  for  an  implementation  shall
       describe  any additional hold types, how they are specified, their internal behavior, and how they affect
       the behavior of the utility.

       If the -h option is not presented to the qrls utility, the implementation shall remove the USER  hold  in
       the Hold_Types attribute.

OPERANDS

       The  qrls 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 qrls:

       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 qrls 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 qrls 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 qrls utility allows users, operators, and administrators to remove holds from jobs.

       The qrls utility does not support any job selection options or wildcard arguments. Users  may  acquire  a
       list  of  jobs  selected by attributes using the qselect utility. For example, a user could select all of
       their held jobs.

       The -h option allows the user to specify the type of hold that is to be removed. This option  allows  for
       USER,  SYSTEM,  OPERATOR,  and implementation-defined hold types. The batch server that manages the batch
       job will verify whether the user is authorized to remove the specified hold for the batch  job.  If  more
       than one type of hold has been placed on the batch job, a user may wish to remove only some of them.

       Mail  is  not  required  on  release  because the administrator has the tools and libraries to build this
       option if required.

       The qrls utility is a new utility vis-a-vis existing practice; it has been  defined  in  this  volume  of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 as the natural complement to the qhold utility.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       Batch Environment Services , qhold , 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                                               QRLS(P)