Legacy Kill Signals

The Legacy Kill Signals parameter defines a comma-separated list of signals to send to a job whenever the KILLJOB event is sent.

The following field on the Scheduler - CA Workload Automation AE Administrator window lets you define this parameter:

Legacy Kill Signals

Defines a comma-separated list of signals to send to a job whenever the KILLJOB event is sent.

Default: 2,9

Note: The Legacy KillSignals parameter applies to UNIX legacy agents only.

UNIX Notes:

The equivalent configuration parameter is KillSignals. The KillSignals listed in the configuration file are overridden when you issue the sendevent command with the -k option.
If the job is running on a UNIX computer, this parameter specifies a single or comma-delimited list of UNIX signals to send to the job. If a list of signals is specified, the signals are sent in the order listed, with a five-second interval between each call.

Windows Notes:

If the job to be killed is running on a Windows computer, this list is ignored and the job is terminated.
Microsoft Windows does not support the concept of process groups. For legacy agents, if the launched job is an EXE file, KILLJOB kills the process specified in the command definition. If the job being run is not an EXE file (for example, it is a BAT, CMD, or COM file), the legacy agent uses CMD.EXE to launch the job, and KILLJOB kills only the CMD.EXE process. The job status is then set according to the return code of the killed CMD.EXE process; this status can be SUCCESS, FAILURE, or TERMINATED. Processes that were launched by user applications or batch (*.bat) files cannot be killed.

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