The jobs file contains data for each phantom job submitted for execution.
Synonym(s)
jb
Description
The item-IDs is a date-time stamp. If more than one item is filed at the same time, an alphabetical character beginning with the letter a is appended to the item-ID.
The attributes in the jobs file are:
Attribute |
Name |
Description |
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0 |
id |
Item-ID of the jobs file. |
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1 |
Status of phantom job. |
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c |
Done |
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e |
Error |
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l |
Logoff |
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q |
Queue |
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r |
Running |
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s |
Abort |
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p |
Sched-ID |
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2 |
user |
User who submitted the job. |
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3 |
md |
Execution MD of the job. |
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4 |
command |
TCL command for job execution. |
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5 |
out |
Output status of the job: |
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n |
Spooler hold file number. |
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m |
Message back enabled. |
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s |
All output suppressed. |
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6 |
who |
Port number that initiated the job. |
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7 |
start |
Date the job was actually started. |
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8 |
start |
Time the job was actually started. |
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9 |
tcl-command |
TCL command for job execution. |
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11 |
pcb-fid |
Process control block (PCB) frame-ID of the job. |
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12 |
pib |
Process identification block (PIB) or port number where the job is running. |
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15 |
stopd |
Date the job terminated. |
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16 |
stop |
Time the job finished. |
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The phantom scheduler keeps two queues in the dictionary of the jobs file:
%Q |
Contains all jobs waiting to run. |
%R |
Contains all finished jobs not yet released back to overflow. |
The dictionary of the jobs file also contains an item called %P that consists of a list of phantom PIB status bytes.
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