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NAME
qsig — signal batch jobs
SYNOPSIS
qsig [−s signal] job_identifier...
DESCRIPTION
To signal a batch job is to send a signal to the session leader of the batch job. A batch job is signaled
by sending a request to the batch server that manages the batch job. The qsig utility is a user-
accessible batch client that requests the signaling of a batch job.
The qsig utility shall signal those batch jobs for which a batch job_identifier is presented to the
utility. The qsig utility shall not signal any batch jobs whose batch job_identifiers are not presented
to the utility.
The qsig utility shall signal batch jobs in the order in which the corresponding batch job_identifiers
are presented to the utility. If the qsig utility fails to process a batch job_identifier successfully,
the utility shall proceed to process the remaining batch job_identifiers, if any.
The qsig utility shall signal batch jobs by sending a Signal Job Request to the batch server that manages
the batch job.
For each successfully processed batch job_identifier, the qsig utility shall have received a completion
reply to each Signal Job Request sent to a batch server at the time the utility exits.
OPTIONS
The qsig utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 12.2, Utility
Syntax Guidelines.
The following option shall be supported by the implementation:
−s signal Define the signal to be sent to the batch job.
The qsig utility shall accept a signal option-argument that is either a symbolic signal name or
an unsigned integer signal number (see the POSIX.1‐1990 standard, Section 3.3.1.1). The qsig
utility shall accept signal names for which the SIG prefix has been omitted.
If the signal option-argument is a signal name, the qsig utility shall send that name.
If the signal option-argument is a number, the qsig utility shall send the signal value
represented by the number.
If the −s option is not presented to the qsig utility, the utility shall send the signal
SIGTERM to each signaled batch job.
OPERANDS
The qsig utility shall accept one or more operands that conform to the syntax for a batch job_identifier
(see Section 3.3.1, Batch Job Identifier).
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of qsig:
LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the
Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables 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
An implementation of the qsig utility may write informative messages to standard output.
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 qsig 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 qsig utility waits to output the
diagnostic message while attempting to locate the batch job on other servers is implementation-defined.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
EXAMPLES
None.
RATIONALE
The qsig utility allows users to signal batch jobs.
A user may be unable to signal a batch job with the kill utility of the operating system for a number of
reasons. First, the process ID of the batch job may be unknown to the user. Second, the processes of the
batch job may be on a remote node. However, by virtue of communication between batch nodes, the qsig
utility can arrange for the signaling of a process.
Because a batch job that is not running cannot be signaled, and because the signal may not terminate the
batch job, the qsig utility is not a substitute for the qdel utility.
The options of the qsig utility allow the user to specify the signal that is to be sent to the batch job.
The −s option allows users to specify a signal by name or by number, and thus override the default
signal. The POSIX.1‐1990 standard defines signals by both name and number.
The qsig utility is a new utility, vis-a-vis existing practice; it has been defined in this volume of
POSIX.1‐2008 in response to user-perceived shortcomings in existing practice.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
The qsig utility may be removed in a future version.
SEE ALSO
Chapter 3, Batch Environment Services, kill, qdel
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment Variables, Section 12.2, Utility
Syntax Guidelines
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc
and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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
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