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adding doc about -W force to qdel
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felker authored Sep 23, 2024
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* PBS Documentation: Users Guide Sec. 9.2, page UG-168; Reference Guide Sec. 2.40, page RG-130
4. `qdel`: cancel a job that you don't need. This will also kill a running job
* `qdel <jobid>`
* Occasionally, the job will still show up in `qstat` after you try and `qdel` it. When this happens you can try `qdel -W force <jobid>`. If it still wont go away, please send mail to <[email protected]> and one of the administrators can remove it for you. DO NOT just default to using `-W force`. The force does not do all of the clean up and can cause problems of its own.
* PBS Documentation: Users Guide Sec. 9.3, page UG-170; Reference Guide Sec. 2.41, page RG-143

**Note: The page numbers in the PBS guides are unique. If you search for the specified page number it will take you directly to the relevant page.**
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`qdel <jobid> [<jobid> <jobid>...]`

Occasionally, the job will still show up in `qstat` after you try and `qdel` it. When this happens you can try `qdel -W force <jobid>`. If it still wont go away, please send mail to <[email protected]> and one of the administrators can remove it for you. DO NOT just default to using `-W force`. The force does not do all of the clean up and can cause problems of its own.


## <a name="qmove"></a>`qmove`: Move a job to a different queue
[Users Guide](https://help.altair.com/2022.1.0/PBS%20Professional/PBSUserGuide2022.1.pdf) Sec. 9.7, page UG-173; [Reference Guide](https://help.altair.com/2022.1.0/PBS%20Professional/PBSReferenceGuide2022.1.pdf) Sec. 2.46, page RG-175

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