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



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

NAME
       qmove - move batch jobs

SYNOPSIS
       qmove destination job_identifier ...

DESCRIPTION
       To  move a batch job is to remove the batch job from the batch queue in which it resides and instantiate the batch job in
       another batch queue. A batch job is moved by a request to the batch server that manages the batch job. The qmove  utility
       is a user-accessible batch client that requests the movement of one or more batch jobs.

       The  qmove  utility shall move those batch jobs, and only those batch jobs, for which a batch job_identifier is presented
       to the utility.

       The qmove utility shall move batch jobs in the order in which the corresponding batch job_identifiers  are  presented  to
       the utility.

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

       The qmove utility shall move batch jobs by sending a Move Job Request to the batch server that manages  each  batch  job.
       The  qmove utility shall not exit before the batch jobs corresponding to all successfully processed batch job_identifiers
       have been moved.

OPTIONS
       None.

OPERANDS
       The qmove utility shall accept one operand that conforms to the syntax for a destination (see Destination ).

       The qmove 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 qmove:

       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  international-
              ization 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 stan-
              dard 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 qmove 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 qmove 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 qmove utility allows users to move jobs between queues.

       The alternative to using the qmove utility-deleting the batch job and requeuing it-entails considerably more typing.

       Since the means of selecting jobs based on attributes has been encapsulated in the qselect utility, the  only  option  of
       the qmove utility concerns authorization. The -u option provides the user with the convenience of changing the user iden-
       tifier under which the batch job will execute.  Minimalism and consistency have taken precedence over convenience; the -u
       option has been deleted because the equivalent capability exists with the -u option of the qalter utility.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       Batch Environment Services, qalter, 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,  Copy-
       right (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.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                     QMOVE(1P)