Terminates execution of a command, an image, a command procedure,
a command procedure that was interrupted by a Ctrl/Y function, or
a detached process or subprocess.
Requires GROUP privilege to stop other processes in the same
group. Requires WORLD privilege to stop processes outside your
group.
Format
STOP [process-name]
The STOP command performs entirely different functions when used
with certain qualifiers as follows:
STOP Qualifier(s) Function
/CPU Stops the specified secondary processor
or processors (and any associated vector
processors) in an OpenVMS multiprocessing
system.
/NETWORK Stops the specified network service on the
local node.
/QUEUE Causes the specified execution queue to
pause.
/QUEUE/ABORT Aborts a job that is printing or
processing on an output queue, deletes
it from the queue, and begins processing
the first pending job in the queue.
/QUEUE/ENTRY Aborts one or more jobs that are executing
on a batch queue or printing on an output
queue, deletes them from the queue, and
begins processing the first pending job in
the queue.
/QUEUE/MANAGER/CLUSTER Stops the queue manager throughout the
OpenVMS Cluster.
/QUEUE/NEXT Stops the specified queue after all
executing jobs have completed processing.
/QUEUE/REQUEUE Stops the current jobs on the specified
queue and requeues them for later
processing.
/QUEUE/RESET Abruptly stops the queue and returns
control to the system.
/QUEUES/ON_NODE Stops all queues on the specified node.
/ZONE Removes a zone from the VAXft series
computers.
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