qmove destination job_identifier ...
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.
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 ).
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of qmove:
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
The following exit values shall be returned:
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.
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 identifier 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.
Batch Environment Services , qalter , qselect