backgrounds File

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:

00

BACKGROUND

The item ID of the backgrounds file, user chosen.

01

USER

The user that created this job.

02

PORT

The port that created this job.

03

MSG

Should a message be sent to the port that created the job when it ends.

04

COMMAND

The command to run.

05

TYPE

What the job is doing right now.

06

ACTIVATE.DATE

The date that the job is to be activated.

07

ACTIVATE.TIME

The time of day when the job is scheduled to be activated.

08

SKIP.DAYS

Number of days to skip before the job is re-executed.

09

SKIP.TIME

How much time to skip between re-executions.

10

DOW

Days of the week to skip.

11

INACTIVE.FROM

Time of day after which not to run this job.

12

INACTIVE.TILL

Time of day before which not to run.

13

CREATE.DATE

The date this job was created.

14

CREATE.TIME

The time of day this job was created.

15

START.DATE

The date the job last started.

16

START.TIME

The last time of day this job was started.

17

END.DATE

The date the job last ended.

18

END.TIME

The last time of day this job ended.

20

CNT

The job has been run this many times since it was created.

23

ACTIVE.PORT

The port the job is running on right now.

24

STATUS

The current status of the job

C

Closed, Job has finish it’s schedule.

I

Initializing, Job is just being initialized.

Q

Queued, waiting until it’s next scheduled time to run.

R

Running, is currently being processed.

25

ACCT

The account to run the job in.

26

STARTABLE

The state of whether the process will run again or not.

?

Calculating the time to run this process again

A

ASAP, run the job as soon as the bgsched is available.

N

Never run this job again.

T

Timed, waiting for the next time to run this job.

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IMMEDIATE

Immediately reruns a recurring job, regardless of whether the previous job completed after the scheduled time for the next job.