Create a new job

The create/job or mkjob command creates a new job entry using the DEFAULT job attributes.

Examples

Windows/OpenVMS:

Schedule> create/job run_dlc_report /gen=comment:"Run the report" /notify=failed:"mikel"

UNIX/Linux:

Schedule> mkjob run_dlc_report -gen=comment:"Run the report" -notify=failed:"mikel"

What it does: Create a job with a comment that notifies the user "mikel" on failure.

Commonly used qualifiers are listed in the following table.

Windows/OpenVMS	UNIX/Linux	Description
/gen=comment:``any text string''	-gen=comment:``any text string''	Any useful description, up to 100 characters in length.
/gen=restart:number	-gen=restart:number	The number of automatic restarts allowed if the job fails. The default is 0 or no-restarts allowed.
/gen=next_submit:date	-gen=next_submit:date	Next date and time that a job will be submitted for execution at.
/sub=queue:name	-sub=queue:name	Name of the batch queue to submit the job into.
/sub=parameter:("p1'',"p2'',...)	-sub=parameter:("p1'',"p2'',...)	Parameter values to pass to the job when submitting the job.
/sub=priority:number	-sub=priority:number	Queue priority to use when enter job into VMS batch queue. (VMS based jobs only)
/resch=interval:delta	-resch=interval:delta	Time interval to add to start time to arrive at next start time.
/resch=marked:letter	-resch=marked:letter	Letter indicating which days to submit the job on.
/resch=named:names	-resch=named:names	Indicates on what days a job is to start on given their names. The known names are MONDAY through SUNDAY, MONTH_START, MONTH_END, YEAR_START and YEAR_END.
/resch=time_of_day:delta	-resch=time_of_day:delta	Time of day offset interval, used with NAMED or MARKED methods.
/resch=calendar:name	-resch=calendar:name	The name of the calendar to use when selecting the next start time.

See Create a job (create/job or mkjob) for a detailed description of this command.