# 15.1.6. pterm

pterm — terminate an instance of the PRRTE DVM

## 15.1.6.1. SYNOPSIS

    shell$ pterm ...options...

## 15.1.6.2. DESCRIPTION

`pterm` terminates an instance of the PMIx Reference Runtime Environment (PRRTE) distributed virtual machine (DVM).

Extensive help documentation for this command is provided through `pterm --help [topic]`.

At least for now, that content is not available in man page form. Pull requests to add all the content (via repeatable infrastructure) would be greatly appreciated.

See also

prte(1)