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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved 
+.TH "QDEL" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
+.\" qdel 
+.SH NAME
+qdel \- delete batch jobs
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+\fBqdel\fP \fIjob_identifier\fP \fB... \fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+A batch job is deleted by sending a request to the batch server that
+manages the batch job. A batch job that has been deleted is
+no longer subject to management by batch services.
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility is a user-accessible client of batch services
+that requests the deletion of one or more batch jobs.
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility shall request a batch server to delete those
+batch jobs for which a batch \fIjob_identifier\fP is
+presented to the utility.
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility shall delete batch jobs in the order in which
+their batch \fIjob_identifier\fPs are presented to the
+utility.
+.LP
+If the \fIqdel\fP utility fails to process any batch \fIjob_identifier\fP
+successfully, the utility shall proceed to process
+the remaining batch \fIjob_identifier\fPs, if any.
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility shall delete each batch job by sending a \fIDelete
+Job Request\fP to the batch server that manages the
+batch job.
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility shall not exit until the batch job corresponding
+to each successfully processed batch
+\fIjob_identifier\fP has been deleted.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH OPERANDS
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility shall accept one or more operands that conform
+to the syntax for a batch \fIjob_identifier\fP (see \fIBatch Job Identifier\fP
+).
+.SH STDIN
+.LP
+Not used.
+.SH INPUT FILES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+.LP
+The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
+\fIqdel\fP:
+.TP 7
+\fILANG\fP
+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 internationalization variables used to determine
+the values of locale categories.)
+.TP 7
+\fILC_ALL\fP
+If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the
+other internationalization variables.
+.TP 7
+\fILC_CTYPE\fP
+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).
+.TP 7
+\fILC_MESSAGES\fP
+Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and
+contents of diagnostic messages written to standard
+error.
+.TP 7
+\fILOGNAME\fP
+Determine the login name of the user.
+.sp
+.SH ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
+.LP
+Default.
+.SH STDOUT
+.LP
+An implementation of the \fIqdel\fP utility may write informative
+messages to standard output.
+.SH STDERR
+.LP
+The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
+.SH OUTPUT FILES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+None.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+.LP
+The following exit values shall be returned:
+.TP 7
+\ 0
+Successful completion.
+.TP 7
+>0
+An error occurred.
+.sp
+.SH CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
+.LP
+In addition to the default behavior, the \fIqdel\fP 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 \fIjob_identifier\fP does not exist on the
+server. Whether or not the \fIqdel\fP utility waits to output the
+diagnostic message while attempting to locate the job on other
+servers is implementation-defined.
+.LP
+\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
+.SH APPLICATION USAGE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH RATIONALE
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility allows users and administrators to delete jobs.
+.LP
+The \fIqdel\fP utility provides functionality that is not otherwise
+available. For example, the \fIkill\fP utility of the operating system
+does not suffice. First, to use the \fIkill\fP utility, the user might
+have to log in on a remote node, because the \fIkill\fP utility does
+not operate across the network. Second, unlike \fIqdel\fP, \fIkill\fP
+cannot remove jobs from queues. Lastly, the arguments of the \fIqdel\fP
+utility are job
+identifiers rather than process identifiers, and so this utility can
+be passed the output of the \fIqselect\fP utility, thus providing
+users with a means of deleting a list of jobs.
+.LP
+Because a set of jobs can be selected using the \fIqselect\fP utility,
+the \fIqdel\fP
+utility has not been complicated with options that provide for selection
+of jobs. Instead, the batch jobs to be deleted are
+identified individually by their job identifiers.
+.LP
+Historically, the \fIqdel\fP utility has been a component of NQS,
+the existing practice on which it is based. However, the
+\fIqdel\fP utility defined in this volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001
+does not provide an option for specifying a signal
+number to send to the batch job prior to the killing of the process;
+that capability has been subsumed by the \fIqsig\fP utility.
+.LP
+A discussion was held about the delays of networking and the possibility
+that the batch server may never respond, due to a down
+router, down batch server, or other network mishap. The DESCRIPTION
+records this under the words "fails to process any job
+identifier". In the broad sense, the network problem is also an error,
+which causes the failure to process the batch job
+identifier.
+.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fIBatch Environment Services\fP , \fIkill\fP() , \fIqselect\fP ,
+\fIqsig\fP
+.SH 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, Copyright (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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .