ABORTIO/ =ABORTIO

Operation Notes

This command aborts a single pending I/O request for the specified ldev. To delete all queued I/O requests for a device, repeat the ABORTIO command until the following message appears on the $STDLIST device:

  NO I/O TO ABORT FOR DEVICE #ldev

Devices that are job-accepting or data-accepting always have outstanding READ requests pending, due to the auto-recognition feature of MPE/iX. Use the ABORTIO command to clear these pending input requests.

Sometimes, you may need to clear all outstanding I/O requests to allow proper execution of other console commands including ABORTJOB, TAKE, DOWN, and REFUSE.

	NOTE: If the ABORTIO command is not effective from the system console, use the =ABORTIO command. (You can only issue the CTRL A =ABORTIO command from the physical console.) Use the =ABORTIO command only when you cannot execute the ABORTIO command.

Use

You may issue the ABORTIO command from a session, job, program, or in BREAK. Pressing Break has no effect on this command. It is executable only from the console unless distributed to users with the ALLOW or ASSOCIATE command.

The =ABORTIO console command cannot be issued from a job.

Examples

To abort a pending I/O request for logical device 53, enter:

  ABORTIO 53

It is necessary to issue several ABORTIO commands to abort all pending I/O operations on a spooled device, as shown below:

  STOPSPOOL 5
  11:20/31/SP#5/STOPPED
  11:20/31/LDEV#5 NOT READY
  REFUSE 5
  ABORTIO 5
  ABORTIO 5
  11:21/40/NO I/O TO ABORT FOR DEVICE 5