= kill

== NAME
kill - Cancel or abort a background task

== SYNOPSIS
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_ssh_ -p <port> <host> _kill_ <ID> ...
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== DESCRIPTION
Cancels a scheduled task from the queue.  If the task has already
been started, requests for the task to cancel as soon as it reaches
its next cancellation point (which is usually blocking IO).

== ACCESS
Caller must be a member of the privileged 'Administrators' group,
or have been granted link:access-control.html#capability_kill[the 'Kill Task' global capability].

== SCRIPTING
Intended for interactive use only.

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