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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/qalter.1p b/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/qalter.1p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..668d277 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/qalter.1p @@ -0,0 +1,1093 @@ +'\" et +.TH QALTER "1P" 2013 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.SH PROLOG +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. + +.SH NAME +qalter +\(em alter batch job +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +qalter \fB[\fR\(mia \fIdate_time\fB] [\fR\(miA \fIaccount_string\fB] [\fR\(mic \fIinterval\fB] [\fR\(mie \fIpath_name\fB] + [\fR\(mih \fIhold_list\fB] [\fR\(mij \fIjoin_list\fB] [\fR\(mik \fIkeep_list\fB] [\fR\(mil \fIresource_list\fB] + [\fR\(mim \fImail_options\fB] [\fR\(miM \fImail_list\fB] [\fR\(miN \fIname\fB] [\fR\(mio \fIpath_name\fB] + [\fR\(mip \fIpriority\fB] [\fR\(mir \fIy\fR|\fIn\fB] [\fR\(miS \fIpath_name_list\fB] [\fR\(miu \fIuser_list\fB] + \fIjob_identifier\fR... +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The attributes of a batch job are altered by a request to the batch +server that manages the batch job. The +.IR qalter +utility is a user-accessible batch client that requests the alteration +of the attributes of one or more batch jobs. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall alter the attributes of those batch jobs, and only those +batch jobs, for which a batch +.IR job_identifier +is presented to the utility. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall alter the attributes of batch jobs in the order in which +the batch +.IR job_identifier s +are presented to the utility. +.P +If the +.IR qalter +utility fails to process a batch +.IR job_identifier +successfully, the utility shall proceed to process the remaining batch +.IR job_identifier s, +if any. +.P +For each batch +.IR job_identifier +for which the +.IR qalter +utility succeeds, each attribute of the identified batch job shall be +altered as indicated by all the options presented to the utility. +.P +For each identified batch job for which the +.IR qalter +utility fails, the utility shall not alter any attribute of the batch +job. +.P +For each batch job that the +.IR qalter +utility processes, the utility shall not modify any attribute other +than those required by the options and option-arguments presented to +the utility. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall alter batch jobs by sending a +.IR "Modify Job Request" +to the batch server that manages each batch job. At the time the +.IR qalter +utility exits, it shall have modified the batch job corresponding to +each successfully processed batch +.IR job_identifier . +An attempt to alter the attributes of a batch job in the RUNNING state +is implementation-defined. +.SH OPTIONS +The +.IR qalter +utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines". +.P +The following options shall be supported by the implementation: +.IP "\fB\(mia\ \fIdate_time\fR" 10 +Redefine the time at which the batch job becomes eligible for +execution. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR date_time +argument shall be in the same form and represent the same time as for +the +.IR touch +utility. The time so represented shall be set into the +.IR Execution_Time +attribute of the batch job. If the time specified is earlier than the +current time, the +.BR \(mia +option shall have no effect. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(miA\ \fIaccount_string\fR" 10 +.br +Redefine the account to which the resource consumption of the batch job +should be charged. +.RS 10 +.P +The syntax of the +.IR account_string +option-argument is unspecified. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Account_Name +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR account_string +option-argument. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mic\ \fIinterval\fR" 10 +Redefine whether the batch job should be checkpointed, and if so, how +often. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a value for the interval option-argument that is +one of the following: +.IP "\fRn\fP" 10 +No checkpointing is to be performed on the batch job +(NO_CHECKPOINT). +.IP "\fRs\fP" 10 +Checkpointing is to be performed only when the batch server is shut +down (CHECKPOINT_AT_SHUTDOWN). +.IP "\fRc\fP" 10 +Automatic periodic checkpointing is to be performed at the +.IR Minimum_Cpu_Interval +attribute of the batch queue, in units of CPU minutes +(CHECKPOINT_AT_MIN_CPU_INTERVAL). +.IP "\fRc\fR=\fIminutes\fR" 10 +Automatic periodic checkpointing is to be performed every +.IR minutes +of CPU time, or every +.IR Minimum_Cpu_Interval +minutes, whichever is greater. The +.IR minutes +argument shall conform to the syntax for unsigned integers and shall be +greater than zero. +.P +An implementation may define other checkpoint intervals. The +conformance document for an implementation shall describe any +alternative checkpoint intervals, how they are specified, their +internal behavior, and how they affect the behavior of the utility. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Checkpoint +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR interval +option-argument. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mie\ \fIpath_name\fR" 10 +.br +Redefine the path to be used for the standard error stream of the batch +job. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a +.IR path_name +option-argument that conforms to the syntax of the +.IR path_name +element defined in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, which can be preceded by a host name +element of the form +.IR hostname :. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument constitutes an absolute pathname, the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Error_Path +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR path_name +option-argument, including the host name element, if present. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument constitutes a relative pathname and no host name +element is specified, the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Error_Path +attribute of the batch job to the value of the absolute pathname +derived by expanding the +.IR path_name +option-argument relative to the current directory of the process that +executes the +.IR qalter +utility. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument constitutes a relative pathname and a host name +element is specified, the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Error_Path +attribute of the batch job to the value of the option-argument without +expansion. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument does not include a host name element, the +.IR qalter +utility shall prefix the pathname in the +.IR Error_Path +attribute with +.IR hostname :, +where +.IR hostname +is the name of the host upon which the +.IR qalter +utility is being executed. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mih\ \fIhold_list\fR" 10 +Redefine the types of holds, if any, on the batch job. The +.IR qalter +.BR \(mih +option shall accept a value for the +.IR hold_list +option-argument that is a string of alphanumeric characters in the +portable character set. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a value for the +.IR hold_list +option-argument that is a string of one or more of the characters +.BR 'u' , +.BR 's' , +or +.BR 'o' , +or the single character +.BR 'n' . +For each unique character in the +.IR hold_list +option-argument, the +.IR qalter +utility shall add a value to the +.IR Hold_Types +attribute of the batch job as follows, each representing a different +hold type: +.IP "\fRu\fP" 6 +USER +.IP "\fRs\fP" 6 +SYSTEM +.IP "\fRo\fP" 6 +OPERATOR +.P +If any of these characters are duplicated in the +.IR hold_list +option-argument, the duplicates shall be ignored. An existing +.IR Hold_Types +attribute can be cleared by the hold type: +.IP "\fRn\fP" 6 +NO_HOLD +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall consider it an error if any hold type other than +.BR 'n' +is combined with hold type +.BR 'n' . +Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of the characters +.BR 'u' , +.BR 's' , +.BR 'o' , +or +.BR 'n' +within the +.IR hold_list +option-argument. The +.IR qalter +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. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mij\ \fIjoin_list\fR" 10 +Redefine which streams of the batch job are to be merged. The +.IR qalter +.BR \(mij +option shall accept a value for the +.IR join_list +option-argument that is a string of alphanumeric characters in the +portable character set. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a +.IR join_list +option-argument that consists of one or more of the characters +.BR 'e' +and +.BR 'o' , +or the single character +.BR 'n' . +.P +All of the other batch job output streams specified shall be merged +into the output stream represented by the character listed first in the +.IR join_list +option-argument. +.P +For each unique character in the +.IR join_list +option-argument, the +.IR qalter +utility shall add a value to the +.IR Join_Path +attribute of the batch job as follows, each representing a different +batch job stream to join: +.IP "\fRe\fP" 6 +The standard error of the batch job (JOIN_STD_ERROR). +.IP "\fRo\fP" 6 +The standard output of the batch job (JOIN_STD_OUTPUT). +.P +An existing +.IR Join_Path +attribute can be cleared by the join type: +.IP "\fRn\fP" 6 +NO_JOIN +.P +If +.BR 'n' +is specified, then no files are joined. The +.IR qalter +utility shall consider it an error if any join type other than +.BR 'n' +is combined with join type +.BR 'n' . +.P +Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of the characters +.BR 'e' , +.BR 'o' , +or +.BR 'n' +within the +.IR join_list +option-argument. The +.IR qalter +utility shall permit the repetition of characters, but shall not assign +additional meaning to the repeated characters. +.P +An implementation may define other join types. The conformance document +for an implementation shall describe any additional batch job streams, +how they are specified, their internal behavior, and how they affect +the behavior of the utility. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mik\ \fIkeep_list\fR" 10 +Redefine which output of the batch job to retain on the execution host. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +.BR \(mik +option shall accept a value for the +.IR keep_list +option-argument that is a string of alphanumeric characters in the +portable character set. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a +.IR keep_list +option-argument that consists of one or more of the characters +.BR 'e' +and +.BR 'o' , +or the single character +.BR 'n' . +.P +For each unique character in the +.IR keep_list +option-argument, the +.IR qalter +utility shall add a value to the +.IR Keep_Files +attribute of the batch job as follows, each representing a different +batch job stream to keep: +.IP "\fRe\fP" 6 +The standard error of the batch job (KEEP_STD_ERROR). +.IP "\fRo\fP" 6 +The standard output of the batch job (KEEP_STD_OUTPUT). +.P +If both +.BR 'e' +and +.BR 'o' +are specified, then both files are retained. An existing +.IR Keep_Files +attribute can be cleared by the keep type: +.IP "\fRn\fP" 6 +NO_KEEP +.P +If +.BR 'n' +is specified, then no files are retained. The +.IR qalter +utility shall consider it an error if any keep type other than +.BR 'n' +is combined with keep type +.BR 'n' . +.P +Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of the characters +.BR 'e' , +.BR 'o' , +or +.BR 'n' +within the +.IR keep_list +option-argument. The +.IR qalter +utility shall permit the repetition of characters, but shall not assign +additional meaning to the repeated characters. An implementation may +define other keep types. The conformance document for an implementation +shall describe any additional keep types, how they are specified, their +internal behavior, and how they affect the behavior of the utility. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mil\ \fIresource_list\fR" 10 +.br +Redefine the resources that are allowed or required by the batch job. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a +.IR resource_list +option-argument that conforms to the following syntax: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +resource=value[,,resource=value,,...] +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall set one entry in the value of the +.IR Resource_List +attribute of the batch job for each resource listed in the +.IR resource_list +option-argument. +.P +Because the list of supported resource names might vary by batch +server, the +.IR qalter +utility shall rely on the batch server to validate the resource names +and associated values. See +.IR "Section 3.3.3" ", " "Multiple Keyword-Value Pairs" +for a means of removing +.IR keyword =\c +.IR value +(and +.IR value @\c +.IR keyword ) +pairs and other general rules for list-oriented batch job attributes. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mim\ \fImail_options\fR" 10 +.br +Redefine the points in the execution of the batch job at which the +batch server is to send mail about a change in the state of the batch +job. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +.BR \(mim +option shall accept a value for the +.IR mail_options +option-argument that is a string of alphanumeric characters in the +portable character set. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a value for the +.IR mail_options +option-argument that is a string of one or more of the characters +.BR 'e' , +.BR 'b' , +and +.BR 'a' , +or the single character +.BR 'n' . +For each unique character in the +.IR mail_options +option-argument, the +.IR qalter +utility shall add a value to the +.IR Mail_Users +attribute of the batch job as follows, each representing a different +time during the life of a batch job at which to send mail: +.IP "\fRe\fP" 6 +MAIL_AT_EXIT +.IP "\fRb\fP" 6 +MAIL_AT_BEGINNING +.IP "\fRa\fP" 6 +MAIL_AT_ABORT +.P +If any of these characters are duplicated in the +.IR mail_options +option-argument, the duplicates shall be ignored. +.P +An existing +.IR Mail_Points +attribute can be cleared by the mail type: +.IP "\fRn\fP" 6 +NO_MAIL +.P +If +.BR 'n' +is specified, then mail is not sent. The +.IR qalter +utility shall consider it an error if any mail type other than +.BR 'n' +is combined with mail type +.BR 'n' . +Strictly conforming applications shall not repeat any of the characters +.BR 'e' , +.BR 'b' , +.BR 'a' , +or +.BR 'n' +within the +.IR mail_options +option-argument. The +.IR qalter +utility shall permit the repetition of characters but shall not assign +additional meaning to the repeated characters. +.P +An implementation may define other mail types. The conformance document +for an implementation shall describe any additional mail types, how +they are specified, their internal behavior, and how they affect the +behavior of the utility. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(miM\ \fImail_list\fR" 10 +Redefine the list of users to which the batch server that executes the +batch job is to send mail, if the batch server sends mail about the +batch job. +.RS 10 +.P +The syntax of the +.IR mail_list +option-argument is unspecified. If the implementation of the +.IR qalter +utility uses a name service to locate users, the utility shall accept +the syntax used by the name service. +.P +If the implementation of the +.IR qalter +utility does not use a name service to locate users, the implementation +shall accept the following syntax for user names: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +mail_address[,,mail_address,,...] +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.P +The interpretation of +.IR mail_address +is implementation-defined. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Mail_Users +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR mail_list +option-argument. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(miN\ \fIname\fR" 10 +Redefine the name of the batch job. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +.BR \(miN +option shall accept a value for the +.IR name +option-argument that is a string of up to 15 alphanumeric characters in +the portable character set where the first character is alphabetic. +.P +The syntax of the +.IR name +option-argument is unspecified. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Job_Name +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR name +option-argument. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mio\ \fIpath_name\fR" 10 +.br +Redefine the path for the standard output of the batch job. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a +.IR path_name +option-argument that conforms to the syntax of the +.IR path_name +element defined in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, which can be preceded by a host name +element of the form +.IR hostname :. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument constitutes an absolute pathname, the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Output_Path +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR path_name +option-argument. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument constitutes a relative pathname and no host name +element is specified, the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Output_Path +attribute of the batch job to the absolute pathname derived by +expanding the +.IR path_name +option-argument relative to the current directory of the process that +executes the +.IR qalter +utility. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument constitutes a relative pathname and a host name +element is specified, the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Output_Path +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR path_name +option-argument without any expansion of the pathname. +.P +If the +.IR path_name +option-argument does not include a host name element, the +.IR qalter +utility shall prefix the pathname in the +.IR Output_Path +attribute with +.IR hostname :, +where +.IR hostname +is the name of the host upon which the +.IR qalter +utility is being executed. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mip\ \fIpriority\fR" 10 +Redefine the priority of the batch job. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a value for the priority option-argument that +conforms to the syntax for signed decimal integers, and which is not +less than \(mi1\|024 and not greater than 1\|023. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Priority +attribute of the batch job to the value of the +.IR priority +option-argument. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(mir\ \fRy\fR|\fRn\fR" 10 +Redefine whether the batch job is rerunnable. +.RS 10 +.P +If the value of the option-argument is +.BR 'y' , +the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Rerunable +attribute of the batch job to TRUE. +.P +If the value of the option-argument is +.BR 'n' , +the +.IR qalter +utility shall set the +.IR Rerunable +attribute of the batch job to FALSE. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall consider it an error if any character other than +.BR 'y' +or +.BR 'n' +is specified in the option-argument. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(miS\ \fIpath_name_list\fR" 10 +.br +Redefine the shell that interprets the script at the destination +system. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a +.IR path_name_list +option-argument that conforms to the following syntax: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +pathname[@host][,pathname[@host],...] +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept only one pathname that is missing a corresponding +host name. The +.IR qalter +utility shall allow only one pathname per named host. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall add a value to the +.IR Shell_Path_List +attribute of the batch job for each entry in the +.IR path_name_list +option-argument. See +.IR "Section 3.3.3" ", " "Multiple Keyword-Value Pairs" +for a means of removing +.IR keyword =\c +.IR value +(and +.IR value @\c +.IR keyword ) +pairs and other general rules for list-oriented batch job attributes. +.RE +.IP "\fB\(miu\ \fIuser_list\fR" 10 +Redefine the user name under which the batch job is to run at the +destination system. +.RS 10 +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept a +.IR user_list +option-argument that conforms to the following syntax: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +username[@host][,,username[@host],,...] +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept only one user name that is missing a corresponding +host name. The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept only one user name per named host. +.P +The +.IR qalter +utility shall add a value to the +.IR User_List +attribute of the batch job for each entry in the +.IR user_list +option-argument. See +.IR "Section 3.3.3" ", " "Multiple Keyword-Value Pairs" +for a means of removing +.IR keyword =\c +.IR value +(and +.IR value @\c +.IR keyword ) +pairs and other general rules for list-oriented batch job attributes. +.RE +.SH OPERANDS +The +.IR qalter +utility shall accept one or more operands that conform to the syntax +for a batch +.IR job_identifier +(see +.IR "Section 3.3.1" ", " "Batch Job Identifier"). +.SH STDIN +Not used. +.SH "INPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +.IR qalter : +.IP "\fILANG\fP" 10 +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are +unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Section 8.2" ", " "Internationalization Variables" +the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the +values of locale categories.) +.IP "\fILC_ALL\fP" 10 +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.IP "\fILC_CTYPE\fP" 10 +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). +.IP "\fILC_MESSAGES\fP" 10 +.br +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. +.IP "\fILOGNAME\fP" 10 +Determine the login name of the user. +.IP "\fITZ\fP" 10 +Determine the timezone used to interpret the +.IR date-time +option-argument. If +.IR TZ +is unset or null, an unspecified default timezone shall be used. +.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS" +Default. +.SH STDOUT +None. +.SH STDERR +The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH "OUTPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "EXTENDED DESCRIPTION" +None. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +The following exit values shall be returned: +.IP "\00" 6 +Successful completion. +.IP >0 6 +An error occurred. +.SH "CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS" +In addition to the default behavior, the +.IR qalter +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 +.IR job_identifier +does not exist on the server. Whether or not the +.IR qalter +utility attempts to locate the batch job on other batch servers is +implementation-defined. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH RATIONALE +The +.IR qalter +utility allows users to change the attributes of a batch job. +.P +As a means of altering a queued job, the +.IR qalter +utility is superior to deleting and requeuing the batch job insofar as +an altered job retains its place in the queue with some traditional +selection algorithms. In addition, the +.IR qalter +utility is both shorter and simpler than a sequence of +.IR qdel +and +.IR qsub +utilities. +.P +The result of an attempt on the part of a user to alter a batch job in +a RUNNING state is implementation-defined because a batch job in the +RUNNING state will already have opened its output files and otherwise +performed any actions indicated by the options in effect at the time +the batch job began execution. +.P +The options processed by the +.IR qalter +utility are identical to those of the +.IR qsub +utility, with a few exceptions: +.BR \(miV , +.BR \(miv , +and +.BR \(miq . +The +.BR \(miV +and +.BR \(miv +are inappropriate for the +.IR qalter +utility, since they capture potentially transient environment +information from the submitting process. The +.BR \(miq +option would specify a new queue, which would largely negate the +previously stated advantage of using +.IR qalter ; +furthermore, the +.IR qmove +utility provides a superior means of moving jobs. +.P +Each of the following paragraphs provides the rationale for a +.IR qalter +option. +.P +Additional rationale concerning these options can be found in the +rationale for the +.IR qsub +utility. +.P +The +.BR \(mia +option allows users to alter the date and time at which a batch job +becomes eligible to run. +.P +The +.BR \(miA +option allows users to change the account that will be charged for the +resources consumed by the batch job. Support for the +.BR \(miA +option is mandatory for conforming implementations of +.IR qalter , +even though support of accounting is optional for servers. Whether or +not to support accounting is left to the implementor of the server, but +mandatory support of the +.BR \(miA +option assures users of a consistent interface and allows them to +control accounting on servers that support accounting. +.P +The +.BR \(mic +option allows users to alter the checkpointing interval of a batch +job. A checkpointing system, which is not defined by POSIX.1\(hy2008, allows +recovery of a batch job at the most recent checkpoint in the event of a +crash. Checkpointing is typically used for jobs that consume expensive +computing time or must meet a critical schedule. Users should be +allowed to make the tradeoff between the overhead of checkpointing and +the risk to the timely completion of the batch job; therefore, this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008 +provides the checkpointing interval option. Support for checkpointing +is optional for servers. +.P +The +.BR \(mie +option allows users to alter the name and location of the standard +error stream written by a batch job. However, the path of the standard +error stream is meaningless if the value of the +.IR Join_Path +attribute of the batch job is TRUE. +.P +The +.BR \(mih +option allows users to set the hold type in the +.IR Hold_Types +attribute of a batch job. The +.IR qhold +and +.IR qrls +utilities add or remove hold types to the +.IR Hold_Types +attribute, respectively. The +.BR \(mih +option has been modified to allow for implementation-defined hold +types. +.P +The +.BR \(mij +option allows users to alter the decision to join (merge) the standard +error stream of the batch job with the standard output stream of the +batch job. +.P +The +.BR \(mil +option allows users to change the resource limits imposed on a batch +job. +.P +The +.BR \(mim +option allows users to modify the list of points in the life of a batch +job at which the designated users will receive mail notification. +.P +The +.BR \(miM +option allows users to alter the list of users who will receive +notification about events in the life of a batch job. +.P +The +.BR \(miN +option allows users to change the name of a batch job. +.P +The +.BR \(mio +option allows users to alter the name and path to which the standard +output stream of the batch job will be written. +.P +The +.BR \(miP +option allows users to modify the priority of a batch job. Support for +priority is optional for batch servers. +.P +The +.BR \(mir +option allows users to alter the rerunability status of a batch job. +.P +The +.BR \(miS +option allows users to change the name and location of the shell image +that will be invoked to interpret the script of the batch job. This +option has been modified to allow a list of shell name and locations +associated with different hosts. +.P +The +.BR \(miu +option allows users to change the user identifier under which the batch +job will execute. +.P +The +.IR job_identifier +operand syntax is provided so that the user can differentiate between +the originating and destination (or executing) batch server. These may +or may not be the same. The .\c +.IR server_name +portion identifies the originating batch server, while the @\c +.IR server +portion identifies the destination batch server. +.P +Historically, the +.IR qalter +utility has been a component of the Network Queuing System (NQS), the +existing practice from which this utility has been derived. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +The +.IR qalter +utility may be removed in a future version. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "Chapter 3" ", " "Batch Environment Services", +.IR "\fIqdel\fR\^", +.IR "\fIqhold\fR\^", +.IR "\fIqmove\fR\^", +.IR "\fIqrls\fR\^", +.IR "\fIqsub\fR\^", +.IR "\fItouch\fR\^" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables", +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines" +.SH 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.) 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