---
name: "oardel"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "oar-user"
version: "2.6.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/oardel"
---

# oardel(1)

delete or checkpoint job(s).

## NAME

oardel - delete or checkpoint job(s).

## SYNOPSIS

**oardel** \[options\] \<job\_id\> \[job\_id \[...\] \]  **oardel** \[options\] --sql \<SQL WHERE clause\>

## DESCRIPTION

This command can be used to delete or checkpoint job(s). Jobs are passed by id.

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --checkpoint**

  Send the checkpoint signal designed from the "--signal" oarsub command option (default is SIGUSR2) to the process launched by the job "job\_id".

- **-s, --signal SIG**

  Send signal SIG to the process launched by the selected jobs.

- **-b, --besteffort**

  Change jobs to besteffort (or remove them if they are already besteffort)

- **--array**

  Handle array job ids, and their sub-jobs.

- **--sql**

  Select jobs using a SQL WHERE clause on table jobs (e.g. "project = 'p1'")

- **--force-terminate-finishing-job**

  Force jobs stuck in the Finishing state to switch to Terminated (Warning: only use as a last resort)

  Using this option indicates that something nasty happened: nodes where the jobs were executing will subsequently be turned into Suspected.

- **-V, --version**

  Print OAR version number.

- **-h, --help**

  Print help command message.

## SEE ALSO

[**oarsub**(1)](/oarsub/1.md), [**oarstat**(1)](/oarstat/1.md), [**oarnodes**(1)](/oarnodes/1.md), [**oarhold**(1)](/oarhold/1.md), [**oarresume**(1)](/oarresume/1.md)

## COPYRIGHTS

```
 Copyright 2003-2016 Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (http://www.liglab.fr). This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2 or above. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
```