Stop a command line render
 
 
 

You may occasionally need to stop a command line render before it has finished.

To stop a command line render on Windows

  1. Open the Windows Task Manager by doing one of the following:
  2. Click the Processes tab.
  3. Select the Render.exe process.
  4. Click the End Process button.

To stop a command line render on Mac OS X

  1. You can quit a command line render from the dock. Right-click the Maya Renderer application in the dock and select Quit from the pop-up menu.

To stop a command line render on Linux

  1. From a shell, list the top processes by entering:
    top
  2. Note the render process ID.
  3. To stop the process, enter:
    kill -2 <process ID>
    TipYou can use the Ctrl+C command to abort a batch render.