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 .