Is it possible to interrupt a task?

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Hi

I always wanted to know if there is a way to interrupt a fixup task for example.

Imagine if you run a ‘load fixup’ and you forgot to add the folder.

Is it possible?

Thanks

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Subject: Is it possible to interrupt a task?

The question should be is it wise to interrupt a task rather than possible.

Sometime there is no other way to deal with a TASK that is stuck. ROUTER / REPLICATOR etc. This will clear allot of task based issues.

Now there are some tasks that I would think would not be a good idea to stop. FIXUP for instance, the risk of corruption and the corruption not being fixed is high. Below is a snippet from the Domino Admin help.

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From the Domino Help - good source of knowledge

Syntax: Restart Task taskname

Description: Shuts down and restarts a specified server task.

Example: The following command shuts down and restarts the LDAP task:

Restart Task LDAP

Tip You can also use the Domino Administrator to restart a task. From the Domino Administrator, click the Server - Status tab and use the tool Task - Restart.

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I hope this helps

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Subject: RE: Is it possible to interrupt a task?

Yes, I know that it’s probably not the best idea to stop or interrupt a task that is running.

I have to stop the tasks once in a while and I am aware of the "tell q’ commands.

But for example, imagine if you run the fixup task in a folder with 5.000 databases. And you wanted to do it in some other folder which was smaller.

Can you use the ‘tell fixup q’ ?

Thank you for your answer!

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Subject: RE: Is it possible to interrupt a task?

duplicate due to edit

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Subject: RE: Is it possible to interrupt a task?

It is possible to tell a FIXUP to QUIT. It is as much a task as any other.