Identifies the beginning of a batch job submitted through a card
reader. Each batch job submitted through the system card reader
must be preceded by a JOB card.
JOB cannot be abbreviated.
Format
JOB user-name
1 – Parameter
user-name
Identifies the user name under which the job is to be run.
Specify the user name as you would during the login procedure.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /AFTER
/AFTER=time
Holds the job until the specified time. If the specified time has
already passed, the job is queued for immediate processing.
The time can be specified as either absolute time or a
combination of absolute and delta times. For complete information
on specifying time values, see the OpenVMS User's Manual or the
online help topic Date.
2.2 /CHARACTERISTICS
/CHARACTERISTICS=(characteristic[,...])
Specifies one or more characteristics required for processing
the job. If you specify only one characteristic, you can omit
the parentheses. Codes for characteristics are installation-
defined. Use the SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command to see which
characteristics are available on your system.
All the characteristics specified for the job must also be
specified for the queue that will execute the job. If not, the
job remains pending in the queue until the queue characteristics
are changed or the entry is deleted with the DELETE/ENTRY
command. Users need not specify every characteristic of a queue
with the JOB command as long as the ones they specify are a
subset of the characteristics set for that queue. The job also
runs if no characteristics are specified.
2.3 /CLI
/CLI=filename
Specifies a different command language interpreter (CLI) with
which to process the job. The filename parameter specifies that
the CLI be SYS$SYSTEM:filename.EXE. The default CLI is that
defined in the user authorization file (UAF).
2.4 /CPUTIME
/CPUTIME=n
Specifies a CPU time limit for the batch job. Time can be
specified as delta time, 0, NONE, or INFINITE. (For information
on specifying time values, see the OpenVMS User's Manual or the
online help topic Date.
When you need less CPU time than authorized, use the /CPUTIME
qualifier to override the base queue value established by the
system manager or the value authorized in your UAF. Specify 0 or
INFINITE to request an infinite amount of time. Specify NONE when
you want the CPU time to default to your UAF value or the limit
specified on the queue. Note that you cannot request more time
than permitted by the base queue limits or your UAF.
2.5 /DELETE
/DELETE (default)
/NODELETE
Controls whether the batch input file is deleted after the job
is processed. If you specify the /NODELETE qualifier, the file
is saved in the user's default directory under the default name
INPBATCH.COM. If you specify the /NAME qualifier, the file name
of the batch input file is the same as the job name you supply
with the /NAME qualifier.
2.6 /HOLD
/HOLD
/NOHOLD (default)
Controls whether or not the job is to be made available for
immediate processing.
If you specify the /HOLD qualifier, the job is not released for
processing until you specifically release it with the /NOHOLD or
the /RELEASE qualifier of the SET QUEUE/ENTRY command.
2.7 /KEEP
/KEEP
/NOKEEP (default)
Controls whether the log file is deleted after it is printed.
The /NOKEEP qualifier is the default unless you specify the
/NOPRINTER qualifier.
2.8 /LOG_FILE
/LOG_FILE=filespec
/NOLOG_FILE
Controls whether a log file with the specified name is created
for the job or whether a log file is created.
When you use the /LOG_FILE qualifier, the system writes the
log file to the file you specify. If you use the /NOLOG_FILE
qualifier, no log file is created. If you specify neither form of
the qualifier, the log file is written to a file in your default
directory that has the same file name as the first command file
in the job and a file type of .LOG. Using neither the /LOG_FILE
nor the /NOLOG_FILE qualifier is the default.
You can use the /LOG_FILE qualifier to specify that the log file
be written to a different device. Logical names that occur in
the file specification are translated at the time the job is
submitted. The process executing the batch job must have access
to the device on which the log file will reside.
If you omit the /LOG_FILE qualifier and specify the /NAME
qualifier, the log file is written to a file having the same
file name as that specified by the /NAME qualifier and the file
type .LOG.
2.9 /NAME
/NAME=job-name
Specifies a string to be used as the job name and as the file
name for both the batch job log file and the command file. The
job name must be 1 to 39 alphanumeric characters and must be a
valid file name. The default log file name is INPBATCH.LOG; the
default command file name is INPBATCH.COM.
2.10 /NOTIFY
/NOTIFY
/NONOTIFY (default)
Controls whether a message is broadcast to any terminal at which
you are logged in, notifying you when your job completes or
aborts.
2.11 /PARAMETERS
/PARAMETERS=(parameter[,...])
Specifies 1 to 8 optional parameters that can be passed to the
command procedure. The parameters define values to be equated to
the symbols P1 to P8 in the batch job. The symbols are local to
the specified command procedure.
If you specify only one parameter, you can omit the parentheses.
The commas (,) delimit individual parameters. If the parameter
contains any spaces, special characters or delimiters, or
lowercase characters, enclose it in quotation marks (" ").
Individual parameters cannot exceed 255 characters.
2.12 /PRINTER
/PRINTER=queue-name
/NOPRINTER
Controls whether the job log file is queued to the specified
queue for printing when the job is complete. The default print
queue for the log file is SYS$PRINT.
If you specify the /NOPRINTER qualifier, the /KEEP qualifier is
assumed.
2.13 /PRIORITY
/PRIORITY=n
Requires OPER (operator) or ALTPRI (alter priority) privilege
to raise the priority above the value of the system parameter
MAXQUEPRI.
Specifies the job scheduling priority for the specified job. The
value of n is an integer from 0 to 255, where 0 is the lowest
priority and 255 is the highest.
The default value for the /PRIORITY qualifier is the value of
the system parameter DEFQUEPRI. No privilege is needed to set the
priority lower than the MAXQUEPRI value.
The /PRIORITY qualifier has no effect on the process priority.
The queue establishes the process priority.
2.14 /QUEUE
/QUEUE=queue-name[:]
Specifies the name of the batch queue in which the job is to be
entered. If you do not specify the /QUEUE qualifier, the job is
placed in the default system batch job queue, SYS$BATCH.
2.15 /RESTART
/RESTART
/NORESTART (default)
Specifies whether the job restarts after a system failure or a
STOP/QUEUE/REQUEUE command.
2.16 /TRAILING_BLANKS
/TRAILING_BLANKS (default)
/NOTRAILING_BLANKS
Controls whether input cards in the card deck are read in card
image form or input records are truncated at the last nonblank
character. By default, the system does not remove trailing blanks
from records read through the card reader. Use the /NOTRAILING_
BLANKS qualifier to request that input records be truncated.
2.17 /WSDEFAULT
/WSDEFAULT=n
Defines a working set default for the batch job; the /WSDEFAULT
qualifier overrides the working set size specified in the user
authorization file (UAF).
Specify the value of n as a number of 512-byte pagelets on
Alpha. Note that OpenVMS rounds this value up to the nearest
CPU-specific page so that the actual amount of physical memory
allowed may be larger than the specified amount on Alpha.
The value n can be any integer from 1 to 65,535, 0, or the
keyword NONE. For further information, see the HP OpenVMS System
Manager's Manual.
Use this qualifier to impose a value lower than the base queue
value established by the system manager or lower than the value
authorized in your UAF. A value of 0 or the keyword NONE sets the
default value to the value specified either in your UAF or by the
working set quota established for the queue. You cannot request a
value higher than your default.
2.18 /WSEXTENT
/WSEXTENT=n
Defines a working set extent for the batch job; the /WSEXTENT
qualifier overrides the working set extent in the UAF.
Specify the value of n as a number of 512-byte pagelets on
Alpha. Note that OpenVMS rounds this value up to the nearest
CPU-specific page so that the actual amount of physical memory
allowed may be larger than the specified amount on Alpha.
The value n can be any integer from 1 to 65,535, 0, or the
keyword NONE. For further information, see the HP OpenVMS System
Manager's Manual.
To impose a lower value, use this qualifier to override the
base queue value established by the system manager rather than
the value authorized in your UAF. A value of 0 or the keyword
NONE sets the default value either to the value specified in the
UAF or working set extent established for the queue. You cannot
request a value higher than your default.
2.19 /WSQUOTA
/WSQUOTA=n
Defines the maximum working set size (working set quota) for the
batch job; the /WSQUOTA qualifier overrides the value in the UAF.
Specify the value of n as a number of 512-byte pagelets on
Alpha. Note that OpenVMS rounds this value up to the nearest
CPU-specific page so that the actual amount of physical memory
allowed may be larger than the specified amount on Alpha.
The value n can be any integer from 1 to 65,535, 0, or the
keyword NONE. For further information, see the HP OpenVMS System
Manager's Manual.
Use this qualifier to impose a value lower than the base queue
value established by the system manager or lower than the value
authorized in your UAF. Specify 0 or NONE if you want the working
set quota defaulted to either your UAF value or the working set
quota specified on the queue. You cannot request a value higher
than your default.