Spooler Utilities Reference Manual

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How to Change the Attribute Values of Batch Jobs

With the exception of key attributes, you can change any attribute of a single job that

belongs to a batch job. Use Peruse or Spoolcom to change these attributes in the

same way you would if the job did not belong to a batch job.

You can use Peruse or Spoolcom to change the following attributes for all jobs in a

batch job:

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COPIES

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FORM

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HOLD

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HOLDAFTER

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OWNER

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PRI



REPORT

Peruse commands are described in Section 3, Peruse and Spoolcom commands are

described in Section 4, Spoolcom.

Linking and Unlinking Jobs

Use the Peruse LINK command or the LINK option of the Spoolcom BATCH command

to link a job to a batch job if the job’s key attributes FORM, OWNER, and LOC match

those of the batch job. A job that has not been part of a batch job does not have the

key attribute JOBID. When you link a job to the current batch job, it acquires the JOBID

of that batch job.

To unlink a specified job from a batch job, use either the Peruse UNLINK command or

the Spoolcom BATCH command with the UNLINK option.

For further information about batch jobs, refer to the NetBatch User's Guide.

Ensuring Device Uniqueness for Batch Jobs

Applications can use only the first part of a location name—the group name—in their

applications and successfully maintain the uniqueness of the batch jobs generated by

those applications. However, when the spooler expands location names and must use

the default destination name, locations may appear to be the same and batch jobs will

share the same batch numbers. To ensure that jobs combine properly into a unique

batch job, make sure that the locations used when spooling jobs are precise enough to

represent the same device; otherwise, batch jobs may be split because the key

attributes do not match when the batch is forming.

Note. When a job is part of a batch job, you cannot alter the key attributes. Unlinking jobs is

described in Linking and Unlinking Jobs

on page 2-22.