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QHOLD(1P)               POSIX Programmer's Manual              QHOLD(1P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
       or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       qhold — hold batch jobs

SYNOPSIS         top

       qhold [-h hold_list] job_identifier...

DESCRIPTION         top

       A hold is placed on a batch job by a request to the batch server
       that manages the batch job. A batch job that has one or more
       holds is not eligible for execution. The qhold utility is a user-
       accessible client of batch services that requests one or more
       types of hold to be placed on one or more batch jobs.

       The qhold utility shall place holds on those batch jobs for which
       a batch job_identifier is presented to the utility.

       The qhold utility shall place holds on batch jobs in the order in
       which their batch job_identifiers are presented to the utility.
       If the qhold utility fails to process any batch job_identifier
       successfully, the utility shall proceed to process the remaining
       batch job_identifiers, if any.

       The qhold utility shall place holds on each batch job by sending
       a Hold Job Request to the batch server that manages the batch
       job.

       The qhold utility shall not exit until holds have been placed on
       the batch job corresponding to each successfully processed batch
       job_identifier.

OPTIONS         top

       The qhold utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of
       POSIX.1‐2017, 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 placed on the batch
                 job.

                 The qhold -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 POSIX.1‐2017,
                 Section 6.1, Portable Character Set).

                 The qhold 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 qhold 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 qhold 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 qhold 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 qhold utility,
                 the implementation shall set the Hold_Types attribute
                 to USER.

OPERANDS         top

       The qhold 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         top

       Not used.

INPUT FILES         top

       None.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES         top

       The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
       qhold:

       LANG      Provide a default value for the internationalization
                 variables that are unset or null. (See the Base
                 Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, 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         top

       Default.

STDOUT         top

       None.

STDERR         top

       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES         top

       None.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION         top

       None.

EXIT STATUS         top

       The following exit values shall be returned:

        0    Successful completion.

       >0    An error occurred.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS         top

       In addition to the default behavior, the qhold 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 qhold 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         top

       None.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       The qhold utility allows users to place a hold on one or more
       jobs. A hold makes a batch job ineligible for execution.

       The qhold utility has options that allow the user to specify the
       type of hold.  Should the user wish to place a hold on a set of
       jobs that meet a selection criteria, such a list of jobs can be
       acquired using the qselect utility.

       The -h option allows the user to specify the type of hold that is
       to be placed on the job. This option allows for USER, SYSTEM,
       OPERATOR, and implementation-defined hold types. The USER and
       OPERATOR holds are distinct. The batch server that manages the
       batch job will verify that the user is authorized to set the
       specified hold for the batch job.

       Mail is not required on hold because the administrator has the
       tools and libraries to build this option if he or she wishes.

       Historically, the qhold utility has been a part of some existing
       batch systems, although it has not traditionally been a part of
       the NQS.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       The qhold utility may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO         top

       Chapter 3, Batch Environment Services, qselect(1p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 6.1,
       Portable Character Set, Chapter 8, Environment Variables, Section
       12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 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:https://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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