Summary of job input commands
You can use these commands to submit jobs to the system. The start reader commands may be used for spooling job input; the submit job commands do not use spooling. For detailed descriptions of these commands, see the information about control language in the i5/OS® Information Center.
- Batch Job (BCHJOB): Marks the start of a job in a batch input stream and defines the operating characteristics of the job.
- Data (DATA): Marks the start of an inline data file.
- End Batch Job (ENDBCHJOB): Marks the end of a job in a batch input stream.
- End Input (ENDINP): Marks the end of the batch input stream.
- Submit Database Jobs (SBMDBJOB): Reads an input stream from a database file and places the jobs in the input stream on the appropriate job queues.
- Submit Diskette Jobs (SBMDKTJOB): Reads an input stream from diskette and places the jobs in the input stream on the appropriate job queues.
- Start Database Reader (STRDBRDR): Starts a reader to read an input stream from a database file and places the job in the input stream on the appropriate job queue.
- Start Diskette Reader (STRDKTRDR): Starts a reader to read an input stream from diskette and places the job in the input stream on the appropriate job queue.
Parent topic:
Spooled filesRelated concepts
Output spooling Output queues and spooled files Default server output queues Spooling writers Summary of spooling writer commands Input spooling Considerations for opening inline data files