JOB

Operation Notes

Usage

You can enter this command only from a job ￿le. Y ou cannot enter it from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Pressing 4Break5 does not a￿ect this command.

Requirements

To properly use this command, y ou must adhere to the following requirements: Terminate the JOB command with an EOJ command.

Precede the JOB command and EOJ command with an appropriate substitute prompt c haracter for the colon prompt. By default, the system expects you to use an exclamation poin t (!).

Supply your username and accountname . If you omit either of these parameters or en ter them incorrectly , the system rejects y our job and prints error messages on the standard listing device and the console.

Depending on how your system administrator has set up users on the system, you may also have to supply a logon group name as w ell as user, account, and/or group passw ords.

Command process

If the system accepts y our job, the system displa ys the following information on the list device:

job number, as assigned b y the system to iden tify the job date and time

Job number

The job number that the system assigns alwa ys uniquely identi￿es your job to the system and other users. The system assigns these n umbers in sequential order as jobs are accepted.

2-100 MPE/iX Commands