The backgrounds file contains data for each background process submitted for execution. The item-ID is a user specified string to uniquely identify the background job.
The attributes in the backgrounds file are:
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BACKGROUND |
The item ID of the backgrounds file, user chosen. |
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01 |
USER |
The user that created this job. |
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02 |
PORT |
The port that created this job. |
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03 |
MSG |
Should a message be sent to the port that created the job when it ends. |
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04 |
COMMAND |
The command to run. |
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05 |
TYPE |
What the job is doing right now. |
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06 |
ACTIVATE.DATE |
The date that the job is to be activated. |
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07 |
ACTIVATE.TIME |
The time of day when the job is scheduled to be activated. |
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08 |
SKIP.DAYS |
Number of days to skip before the job is re-executed. |
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09 |
SKIP.TIME |
How much time to skip between re-executions. |
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10 |
DOW |
Days of the week to skip. |
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11 |
INACTIVE.FROM |
Time of day after which not to run this job. |
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12 |
INACTIVE.TILL |
Time of day before which not to run. |
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13 |
CREATE.DATE |
The date this job was created. |
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14 |
CREATE.TIME |
The time of day this job was created. |
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15 |
START.DATE |
The date the job last started. |
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16 |
START.TIME |
The last time of day this job was started. |
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17 |
END.DATE |
The date the job last ended. |
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18 |
END.TIME |
The last time of day this job ended. |
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20 |
CNT |
The job has been run this many times since it was created. |
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23 |
ACTIVE.PORT |
The port the job is running on right now. |
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24 |
STATUS |
The current status of the job |
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C |
Closed, Job has finish it’s schedule. |
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I |
Initializing, Job is just being initialized. |
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Q |
Queued, waiting until it’s next scheduled time to run. |
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R |
Running, is currently being processed. |
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25 |
ACCT |
The account to run the job in. |
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26 |
STARTABLE |
The state of whether the process will run again or not. |
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? |
Calculating the time to run this process again |
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A |
ASAP, run the job as soon as the bgsched is available. |
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N |
Never run this job again. |
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T |
Timed, waiting for the next time to run this job. |