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submit/job

Submit a job for execution.

The SUBMIT command initiates a job. Unless otherwise indicated it will cause the job to be submitted for immediate execution, with none of the initiates or prerequisites being considered.

General Format

submit/job job_name [/qualifiers]

Alternate

subjob job_name [/qualifiers]

Qualifier Summary

general qualifiers:

/[no]log

/[no]confirm

/node = target_node

submit conditions:

/initiates

/noinitiates (default)

/prerequisites

/noprerequisites (default)

/after = date/time

restart step controls:

/step = number

job set controls:

/set_tag = "string"

/set_parameter = "string"

/set_id = number

Examples

C:\> schedule submit/job \jkrieg\backup_job

Queued \jkrieg\backup_job for immediate submission

Qualifiers

/after=date

The AFTER qualifier can be used to cause the job to be submitted and held until the specified time.

/confirm

/noconfirm

CONFIRM requests that the user be prompted prior to any operation to verify that the selected entry is the correct one.

/hostname=host_name

The qualifier specifies what node (either local or remote) you want the operation performed on.

/log

/nolog

The LOG qualifier causes each completed operation to issue a note to the user.

/initiates

/noinitiates

This indicates whether or not on completion of the job the initiate list should be carried out.

/prerequisites

/noprerequisites

This indicates whether or not the submitted job is to wait for all prerequisite jobs and resource requirements to met before begin submitted for execution.

/set_id

The SET_ID qualifier indicates to what set the job belongs. If a number is not provided then the system automatically assigns the next available set number.

/set_parameter="text"

The SET_PARAMETER qualifier specifies information to be passed from one job to another inside a set of jobs.

/set_tag="text"

The SET_TAG qualifier also specifies information to be passed from one job to another inside a set of jobs.

/step=number

The STEP qualifier indicates at which step to start the job.

See Also

JOB commands

complete/job

copy/job

create/job

delete/job

directory/job

edit/job

extract/job

increment/job

insert/job

modify/job

rebuild/job

rename/job

signal/job

type/job