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Delete a job (delete/job or rmjob)

Delete a job

The DELETE command permanently removes a job definition and all references to this job from the on-line database. This includes any mention to this job on the prerequisite or initiate list of any other job.

Windows/OpenVMS Format:

delete/job job_name [/qualifiers]

UNIX/Linux Format:

rmjob job_name [-qualifiers]

Qualifier Summary

/[no]log or -[no]log

/[no]confirm or -[no]confirm

/[no]node=target_node

Examples

Windows:

Schedule> delete/job \myjobs\accounts

OpenVMS:

Schedule> delete/job [myjobs]account_file

Linux/UNIX:

Schedule> rmjob /job abc* -confirm 
 Delete /smith/abcd [y/n] ? (y): 
 Delete /smith/abce [Y/N] ? (Y): Y 
 Delete /smith/abcf [Y/N] ? (Y): N 
 Delete /smith/abcg [Y/N] ? (Y): Y

Qualifiers

/[no]confirm or -[no]confirm

CONFIRM requests that the user be prompted prior to any operation to verify that the selected entry is the correct one.

/hostname or -node =hostname

The qualifier specifies what node (either local or remote) you want the operation performed on.

/[no]log or -[no]log

The LOG qualifier causes each completed operation to issue a note to the user.

See Also

JOB commands

Complete a job (complete/job or compjob)

Copy a job (copy/job or cpjob)

Create a job (create/job or mkjob)

Display job properties (directory/job or lsjob)

Edit a job's lists (edit/job or edjob)

Extract a job's list data (extract/job or extjob)

Increment a job's next start time (increment/job or incjob)

Insert data into a job (insert/job or insjob)

Modify a job's properties (modify/job or chjob)

Rebuild job dependencies (rebuild/job or rebjob)

Rename a job (rename/job or mvjob)

Signal a scheduling event (signal/job or sigjob)

Submit a job for execution (submit/job or subjob)

Type a job's data lists (type/job or more)