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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.7 Maintaining Queues
14.7.2.2 Modifying Job Processing Options
You can modify many job processing options by specifying qualifiers with a
command in the following format:
SET ENTRY/qualifier[,...] entry-number
Table 14–7 lists some qualifiers that are frequently used to change jobs. For a list
of all the job processing options you can change with the SET ENTRY command,
refer to the OpenVMS DCL Dictionary.
Table 14–7 SET ENTRY Qualifiers for Changing Jobs
Qualifier Description
For More
Information
/[NO]AFTER=time Controls whether a job is held until after
a specified time.
Section 14.7.2.3
/CHARACTERISTICS
=(characteristic[,...])
Specifies the name or number of one or
more characteristics associated with a
batch or print job.
Section 14.6.3
/FORM=form Specifies the name or number of the form
to be associated with a print job.
Section 14.6.7
/[NO]HOLD Controls whether a job is available for
immediate processing or held until it is
released for processing.
Section 14.7.2.3
/PRIORITY=n Specifies the scheduling priority of the
job.
Section 14.6.5.2
/RELEASE Releases a previously held job. Section 14.7.2.3
/REQUEUE=queue-
name[:]
Requests that the job be moved from
the original queue to the specified
queue; you can also do this by using
the STOP/QUEUE/REQUEUE/ENTRY
command.
Section 14.7.2.5
/RESTART Specifies whether a batch or print job
is restarted after a system failure
or a STOP/QUEUE/REQUEUE
command. Print jobs are restartable
by default. Batch jobs are restartable
only if submitted or modified with the
/RESTART qualifier.
14.7.2.3 Holding and Releasing a Job
Users can specify that a job be held in a queue before processing by specifying one
of the following qualifiers with the PRINT, SUBMIT, or SET ENTRY command:
• /AFTER=time holds a job until the specified time.
• /HOLD holds a job indefinitely.
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