NAME

       gspl-qdel - delete spool jobs

SYNOPSIS

       gspl-qdel [ -options ] job number ...

DESCRIPTION

       gspl-qdel deletes one or more jobs from the GNUspool job spool queue, which may be on the local host or
       other hosts on the network. Jobs are specified by the job number, which is reported by gspl-qlist(1) in
       the first column of the default output, or by gspl-pr(1) or gspl-rpr(1) when the job is queued with the
       verbose option. Remote jobs are specified by prefixing the job number by the host name and a colon, thus
       "host:1234". Leading zeroes in the job number may be omitted.

       Gspl-qdel will not delete jobs not marked as "printed" unless the -y option is given.

OPTIONS

       Note that the order of treatment, letters and keywords described below may be modified by editing the
       file rest.help - see spsyntax(5).  The environment variable on which options are supplied is "GSPL_QDEL"
       and the environment variable to specify the help file is "SPRESTCONF".

       -? or +explain
           causes a summary of the other options to be displayed without taking further action.

       -C nnnn or +classcode nnnn
           may be used to set a class code to narrow or expand the range of jobs from which jobs are selected.
           It is probably only relevant where the user has override class privilege and it is required to expand
           the default class code to select additional jobs.

       -d or +delete
           cancel a previously-specified -k option.

       -D name or +directory name
           Save unqueued jobs to name rather than the current directory.

       -e or +do-not-unqueue
           cancel a previously-specified -u option. The jobs will just be deleted, not unqueued.

       -J name or +job-prefix name
           specify the given name as the prefix for the job file, followed by the job number, to be used by the
           -u option rather than the default of J (which in turn may be changed by editing the message file).

       -k or +do-not-delete
           when performing an unqueue as specified with the -u option, do not delete the job at the end.

       -n or +keep-unprinted
           is the default case. Jobs which have not yet been printed are not deleted.

       -S name or +command-prefix name
           specify the given name as the prefix for the command file, followed by the job number, to be used by
           the -u option rather than the default of C (which in turn may be changed by editing the message
           file).

       -u or +unqueue
           unqueue jobs, i.e. copy to current directory or directory selected with the -D option. Jobs are
           copied as two files, a job file containing the text of the job and a command file containing an gspl-
           pr command. The command file may be run as a shell script to re-queue the job with the same options.

       -y or +delete-unprinted
           cancels all jobs, whether printed or not.

       +freeze-current
           Save all the current options in a .gnuspool file in the current directory. If there are no jobs given
           to operate on and this is specified, then gspl-qdel will quit without error. If it is unable to save
           the options and jobs are specified, then gspl-qdel will continue.

       +freeze-home
           Save all the current options in a .gnuspool file in the user's home directory. If there are no jobs
           given to operate on and this is specified, then gspl-qdel will quit without error. If it is unable to
           save the options and jobs are specified, then gspl-qdel will continue.

FILES

       ~/.gnuspool configuration file (home directory)

        .gnuspool configuration file (current directory)

       rest.help message file

ENVIRONMENT

       GSPL_QDEL
           space-separated options to override defaults.

       SPRESTCONF
           location of alternative help file.

SEE ALSO

       gspl-rpr(1), gspl-pr(1), gspl-pq(1), gspl-qchange(1), gspl-qlist(1), spsyntax(5), gnuspool.conf(5),
       gnuspool.hosts(5).

DIAGNOSTICS

       Various diagnostics are read and printed as required from the message file, by default rest.help.

NOTES

       The -C option selects the class code for finding the jobs; if you have override class privilege, but your
       default class code does not allow the jobs "to be seen" in the output of gspl-qlist(1), then you may need
       to specify this.

       Any errors are reported with appropriate messages on standard error. If any errors are detected operating
       on several jobs, the exit code will correspond to the last such error displayed.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  This is free software. You may redistribute copies of
       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO
       WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR

       John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.