TORQUE Commands

TORQUE Resource Manager

TORQUE Commands - qdel

qdel	(delete job)

Synopsis

qdel [{-m <MESSAGE>|-p|-W <DELAY>}] <JOBID>[ <JOBID>]... | 'all' | 'ALL'

Overview

The qdel command allows users and administrators to delete queued jobs from TORQUE.

Format

Name	Format	Default	Description	Example
-m	<STRING> (message to be sent)	---	operators and managers may add a message to be included in the email to the users.	`qdel -m "Stop abusing the NFS servers" 15406`
-p	---	---	purge jobs which cannot be properly deleted.	`qdel -p 15406`
-W	<INTEGER> (wait time in seconds)	---	perform asynchronous delete	`qdel -W 15 15413` (qdel job in 15 seconds)

Command Details

qdel may be used by any user to delete their own jobs. qdel may be used to delete an entire job array or just one job from an array. Managers and operators may use qdel to delete any job or all jobs. If a running job cannot be deleted because one or more of its allocated nodes are unavailable, the '-p' option may be used to forcibly purge the job from the pbs_server queues. The '-p' option is only available to administrators and operators.

Examples

> qdel 1324
> qdel 1324-3    To delete one job of a job array
> qdel all       To delete all jobs (Version 2.3.0 and later)