JOB

Examples

To create a job ￿le and submit it for processing, do the follo wing:1.Enter the follo wing command to invoke the EDIT subsystem:

:EDITOR

2.Enter the ADD command, then add job ￿le commands, as sho wn:

/ADD

1 !JOB SMITH,USER.TECH

2 !COMMENT THIS JOB RUNS THE MONTHLY UPDATE PROGRAM

3 !FILE INPUT01=TRANS.DATA.ENGR

4 !FILE MASTER;DEV=TAPE

5 !FILE OUTPUT=NEWFILE.PUB.TECH

6 !RUN UPDPROG

7!EOJ

8 //

Note that the ￿rst command is the JOB command and that an exclamation poin t (!) precedes each command.

3.Enter the KEEP and END commands to sa ve your ￿le and terminate the EDITOR subsystem:

/KEEP MYJOB,UNN /END

4.Submit the job ￿le for processing b y using the STREAM command:

:STREAM MYJOB

Note that the ￿le MYJOB remains on disk after y ou stream it. Consequen tly, you can stream it again at an y time, if desired.

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