TAA Tools
HLDJOBUNTL      HOLD JOB UNTIL                         TAAJOGE

The Hold  Job  Until command  allows you  to release  a held  job at  a
specific time.   You can  either use HLDJOB  to hold the  job or submit
the  job  with  HOLD  specified.   The  job  being  held  cannot  be an
interactive job.   You can release  the job either  in the current  day
or the  next day.   HLDJOBUNTL may be helpful  when you want  to hold a
job for  a period of time and avoids  having to remember to release the
job.

You must  have job  control authority  to hold  a job  other than  your
own.  An interactive job cannot be held.

A typical command would be:

             HLDJOBUNTL JOB(nnnnnn/user1/joba) RLSTIME(100000)

The RLSHLDUNTL  job would be  submitted to  the QSYSNOMAX job  queue to
release the  specified job at 10:00:00.  The  current time must be less
than 10:00:00.  If not, RLSDAY(*TOMORROW) must be specified.

If the  job is  already  held, it  is not  considered  an error.    The
completion message will  describe whether the  job was already  held or
held by HLDJOBUNTL.

If  the job  no longer  exists when  the job  is released  or is  on an
output  queue, an  escape message  will occur  in the  RLSHLDUNTL batch
job.  You  can bypass this type  of failure by specifying  ESCAPE(*NO).

HLDJOBUNTL escape messages you can monitor for
----------------------------------------------

      TAA9891    The job does not exist
      TAA9892    The job is on an output queue and cannot be held
      TAA9893    The release time cannot be less than current
      TAA9894    An interactive job cannot be held

Escape messages from based on functions will be re-sent.

HLDJOBUNTL Command parameters                         *CMD
-----------------------------

   JOB           The  qualified name  of the  job.   This is  a  3 part
                 value  for  the job,  user,  and  job number.    All 3
                 values are required.

   RLSTIME       The time the  job should be released.   The time  must
                 be   greater    than   the    current   time    unless
                 RLSDAY(*TOMORROW) is specified.

   RLSDAY        The  day to release the  job.  *TODAY  is the default.

                 *TOMORROW must  be  entered  if the  RLSTIME  is  less
                 than the  current time.   *TOMORROW may be  entered if
                 the  RLSTIME value is  greater than the  current time,
                 but  you  want the  job  released after  more  than 24
                 hours.

   ESCAPE        A *YES/*NO value for  whether the RLSHLDUNTL job  will
                 end abnormally  if an error occurs  when attempting to
                 release the job.

                 *YES  is the default to cause an  escape if the job no
                 longer exists or is on  the output queue.  This  could
                 occur  if  the  job  is cancelled  or  released  by  a
                 different job.

                 *NO  may  be specified  to bypass  the  escape message
                 and let the job end normally.


Restrictions
------------

You must  have job  control authority  to hold  a job  other than  your
own.

An interactive job cannot be held.

Prerequisites
-------------

The following TAA Tools must be on your system:

     ADDDAT          Add date
     CHKJOBCTL       Check *JOBCTL special authority
     CVTTIM          Convert time
     RSNLSTMSG       Resend last message
     RTVJOBA2        Retrieve job attributes 2
     RTVJOBSTS       Retrieve job status
     SNDCOMPMSG      Send completion message
     SNDESCINF       Send escape information
     SNDESCMSG       Send escape message

Implementation
--------------

None, the tool is ready to use.

Objects used by the tool
------------------------

   Object        Type    Attribute      Src member    Src file
   ------        ----    ---------      ----------    ----------

   HLDJOBUNTL    *CMD                   TAAJOGE       QATTCMD
   TAAJOGEC      *PGM       CLP         TAAJOGEC      QATTCL
   TAAJOGEC2     *PGM       CLP         TAAJOGEC2     QATTCL
					

Added to TAA Productivity tools January 15, 2014


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