The  Compare  Job  Description command  compares  the  CRTJOBD  command
parameters of  two Job Description objects.  A  spooled file is created
of any differences.

The major attributes which are not compared are:

      - Owner
      - Authorizations
      - Text description
      - Create date and time

A typical command would be:

             CMPJOBD   FROMJOBD(xxx) TOJOBD(yyy)

A spooled file would be created with any differences shown.

An  option exists to send  an escape message if  differences exist.  An
option exists to delete the spooled file if no differences exist.

Most of  the  attributes (but  not  all) are  compared.   CMPJOBD  uses
RTVJOBD and is limited to the attributes returned on RTVJOBD.

CMPJOBD escape messages you can monitor for
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      TAA9895    Differences exist (optional based on ESCAPE parm)

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

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

   FROMJOBD      The qualified  name of the From Job  Description to be
                 compared.    The  library  value  defaults  to  *LIBL.
                 *CURLIB may also be used.

   TOJOBD        The qualified name  of the  To Job  Description to  be
                 compared.  The  default is *FROMJOBD meaning  the same
                 Job  Description as  in the  FROMJOBD parameter.   The
                 library value  defaults  to blanks.    If no  name  is
                 entered,  *LIBL  is  assumed.   *CURLIB  may  also  be
                 used.

   ESCAPE        Whether  to  send  an  escape message  if  differences
                 exist.   The default  is *NO which  means a completion
                 message is sent.

                 *YES may be  specified to send TAA9895  if differences
                 exist.

   DLTSPLF       Whether  to delete the  spooled file  if there  are no
                 differences.     The  default  is   *YES  meaning  the
                 spooled file is deleted  if no differences are  found.
                 The  spooled file  is always  retained if  differences
                 exist.

                 *NO  may be  specified to ensure  a spooled  file will
                 exist  regardless  of  whether  differences  exist  or
                 not.

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

Most  of the  attributes (but  not  all) are  compared.   CMPJOBD  uses
RTVJOBD and is limited to the attributes returned on RTVJOBD.

Prerequisites
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The following TAA Tools must be on your system:

     CHKOBJ3         Check object 3
     EDTVAR          Edit variable
     RTVJOBD         Retrieve job description
     RTVSYSVAL3      Retrieve system value 3
     SNDCOMPMSG      Send completion message
     SNDESCMSG       Send escape message

Implementation
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None, the tool is ready to use.

Objects used by the tool
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   Object        Type    Attribute      Src member    Src file
   ------        ----    ---------      ----------    ----------

   CMPJOBD       *CMD                   TAAJBDF       QATTCMD
   TAAJBDFC      *PGM       CLP         TAAJBDFC      QATTCL
   TAAJBDFR      *PGM       RPG         TAAJBDFR      QATTRPG