Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Using Jobs and the Job Browser
Monitoring Jobs from the Command Line
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Monitoring Jobs from the Command Line
The swjob command lets you display and monitor jobs information using
the command line. This command provides a quick, low-bandwidth
alternative to the Job Browser when you want to check on specific jobs.
Syntax swjob [
XToolkit Options ][-i][-R][-u][-v][-a attribute ]
[-C
session_file ][-f software_file ][-s source ]
[-S
session_file ][-t target_file ][-x option=value ]
[-X
option_file ][ software_selections ][@ target_selections ]
Options and
Operands
XToolkit Options X window options for use with swjob -i. See “XToolkit
Options and Changing Display Fonts” on page 53.
-i Starts the sd interactive job browser. See “Using the
Job Browser” on page 217.
-u Causes swjob to remove the specified jobs.
-v List all available job attributes, one per line.
-a
attribute Display a specific attribute for the job. See “swjob
Tasks and Examples” on page 233 for more
information.
-C
session_file
Run the command and save the current option and
operand values to a session_file for re-use in another
session. See “Session Files” on page 61.
-f
jobid_file
Read a list of job IDs from a separate file instead of (or
in addition to) jobs you specify on the command line.
(Use these files just like software files. See “Software
Files” on page 58.)
-S
session_file
Run the command based on values saved from a
previous installation session, as defined in
session_file . See “Session Files” on page 61.