.. _kill_cli: kill //// :: kill ---- Kills the job associated with the node. If a family or suite is selected, will kill hierarchically. Kill uses the ECF_KILL_CMD variable. After variable substitution it is invoked as a command. The command should be written in such a way that the output is written to %ECF_JOB%.kill as this allow the --file command to report the output: .e.e. /home/ma/emos/bin/ecfkill %USER% %HOST% %ECF_RID% %ECF_JOB% > %ECF_JOB%.kill 2>&1:: Usage:: --kill=/s1/f1/t1 /s1/f2/t2 # kill the jobs for tasks t1 and t2 --file=/s1/f1/t1 kill # write to standard out the '.kill' file for task /s1/f1/t1 The client reads in the following environment variables. These are read by user and child command |----------|----------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|----------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------| | ECF_HOST | | Mandatory* | The host name of the main server. defaults to 'localhost' | | ECF_PORT | | Mandatory* | The TCP/IP port to call on the server. Must be unique to a server | | ECF_SSL | | Optional* | Enable encrypted comms with SSL enabled server. | |----------|----------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------| * The host and port must be specified in order for the client to communicate with the server, this can be done by setting ECF_HOST, ECF_PORT or by specifying --host= --port= on the command line