NetBatch Manual

Attributes

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AFTER Job Attribute

The AFTER job attribute specifies the date and time after which a job becomes eligible

for execution. The attribute also lets you change a nonexecuting job’s AT attribute to

AFTER.

date

is the date on which the job becomes eligible for execution. You can enter the date

in any of these forms:

[ d] d mmm

[ d] d mmm [ yy] yy

[ yy] yy [ m] m [ d] d

[ yy] yy mmm [ d] d

[ yy] yymmdd

mmm [ d] d

mmm [ d] d [ yy] yy

day

[ d] d

is a number in the range 1 through 31 specifying the day of the month.

is a two-digit number in the range 01 through 31 specifying the day of the

month.

[ m] m

is a number in the range 1 through 12 specifying the month.

is a two-digit number in the range 01 through 12 specifying the month.

mmm

is a character string specifying the month. The options are:

[ yy] yy

is a two-digit or four-digit number specifying the year. When you specify a two-

digit number, BATCHCOM adds 1900 to that number to calculate the year. If

the sum is less than the current year minus 25, BATCHCOM interprets the year

AF[TER] [ date ] [ time ]

JAN[UARY] APR[IL] JUL[Y] OCT[OBER]

FEB[RUARY] MAY AUG[UST] NOV[EMBER]

MAR[CH] JUN[E] SEP[TEMBER] DEC[EMBER]