MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List V
Commands HEADOFF thru LISTF
specified.
NOTE The "&" symbol has no meaning to the input spooler when it reads records
because the CI is not involved at that point.
Operation Notes
The JOB command is not used at the colon prompt (:). Rather, it is used in interactive mode
with the STREAM command at the > prompt, or within an input jobfile, created to define a
batch job. The job defined with this command is then activated (executed) with the STREAM
command.
The JOB command is preceded by an appropriate substitute prompt character for the colon
prompt. By default, MPE/iX expects the exclamation point (!) to be used. The JOB
command must be terminated with an EOJ command. Refer to the STREAM command.
When MPE/iX begins the job, it displays the following information on the list device:
• Job number, as assigned by MPE/iX to identify the job.
• Date and time.
• “HP 3000,“ and the modified and base MPE/iX
version.update.fix numbers.
In the JOB command, as in the HELLO command, you must always supply your
username
and acctname , which you obtain from your account manager. If you omit either of these
parameters, or enter them incorrectly, MPE/iX rejects your job and prints error messages
on the standard listing device and the console. If your job is accepted, MPE/iX begins job
processing. The job is entered with the STREAM command or through a spooled input device.
Then the job is copied to an input spoolfile. The job is initiated from that spoolfile rather
than the originating diskfile (in the case of the STREAM command) or device (in the case of
the input spooled device). If the standard listing file is a line printer, MPE/iX prints a
header page prior to listing the JOB command. (The system operator can disable the
printing of this header page with the HEADOFF console command.)
The job number assigned by MPE/iX always uniquely identifies your job to MPE/iX and
other users. MPE/iX assigns such numbers in sequential order as jobs are accepted.
Sometimes, the job acceptance information includes a message from the system operator
following the standard display. When present, this is the same message output in the logon
information for sessions.
The minimum information needed for job initiation is the user and account name.
However, the following also may be required:
• Logon group name.
• User, account, and/or group passwords.
The cases in which this information is required, and the rules for supplying it, are the
same as those for the HELLO command for sessions, except that:
• When you enter the JOB command through a device other than a terminal, and the
standard input device is different from the standard listing device, MPE/iX does not
echo passwords.