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globus-job-cancel

GLOBUS-JOB-CANCEL(1)						  GRAM5 Commands					      GLOBUS-JOB-CANCEL(1)

NAME

       globus-job-cancel - Cancel a GRAM batch job

SYNOPSIS

       globus-job-cancel [-f | -force] [-q | -quiet] JOBID

       globus-job-cancel [-help] [-usage] [-version] [-versions]

DESCRIPTION

       The globus-job-cancel program cancels the job named by JOBID. Any cached files associated with the job will remain until globus-job-clean
       is executed for the job.

       By default, globus-job-cancel prompts the user prior to canceling the job. This behavior can be overridden by specifying the -f or -force
       command-line options.

OPTIONS

       The full set of options to globus-job-cancel are:

       -help, -usage
	   Display a help message to standard error and exit.

       -version
	   Display the software version of the globus-job-cancel program to standard output.

       -version
	   Display the software version of the globus-job-cancel program including DiRT information to standard output.

       -force, -f
	   Do not prompt to confirm job cancel and clean-up.

       -quiet, -q
	   Do not print diagnostics for succesful cancel. Implies -f

ENVIRONMENT

       If the following variables affect the execution of globus-job-cancel.

       X509_USER_PROXY
	   Path to proxy credential.

       X509_CERT_DIR
	   Path to trusted certificate directory.

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