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Commands by Task
Task-Related Commands
HELLO Initiates an interactive session.
JOB Defines a job to be activated in conjunction with the STREAM command to
run in batch mode.
JOBFENCE Defines the minimum input priority a job or session must have in order to
execute.
JOBPRI Sets or changes the default and/or maximum execution priority for batch
jobs.
JOBSECURITY Designates what level of user may request resources and control the
execution of jobs.
LIMIT Limits the number of concurrently running jobs/sessions for the entire
system or for individual job queues.
LISTJOBQ Lists a job queue
LISTREDO Displays the contents of the command line history stack.
=LOGOFF Aborts all executing jobs/sessions and prevents any further logons.
=LOGON Enables job/session processing following a =LOGOFF command.
NEWJOBQ Creates a new job queue
PAUSE Sleep for a specified number of seconds or until a job(s) terminates.
PURGEJOBQ Deletes a job queue
REDO Used to edit/reexecute commands in the command line history stack.
REFUSE Disables jobs/sessions and/or data on a designated device.
RESUME Resumes execution of a suspended operation.
RESUMEJOB Resumes a suspended job.
SHOWJOB Displays status information about jobs/sessions.
SHOWME Reports job/session status.
SHOWTIME Displays the current time and date.
STARTSESS Creates a session on the specified device for a user with programmatic
sessions (PS) capability.
STREAM Spools batch jobs or data from a session or job.
Managing Spooler Operations
ALTSPOOLFILE Alters the characteristics of an output spoolfile.
DELETESPOOLFILE Deletes a spoolfile from disk.
LISTSPF Produces a listing of spooled files, both input and output.
OPENQ Opens the spool queue for a specified logical device or device class.
