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| title: " kill" |
| sidebar: cmd_sidebar |
| permalink: cmd-kill.html |
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| ## NAME |
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| kill - Cancel or abort a background task |
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| ## SYNOPSIS |
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| > |
| > |
| > ssh -p <port> <host> kill <ID> … |
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| ## DESCRIPTION |
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| 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). |
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| ## ACCESS |
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| Caller must be a member of the privileged *Administrators* group, or |
| have been granted [the *Kill Task* global |
| capability](access-control.html#capability_kill). |
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| ## SCRIPTING |
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| Intended for interactive use only. |
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| ## GERRIT |
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| Part of [Gerrit Code Review](index.html) |
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| ## SEARCHBOX |
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