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/SYNCHRONIZATION=(job_specifier, ...) /NOSYNCHRONIZATION=(job_specifier, ...) /NOSYNCHRONIZATION (D)

Specifies a list of up to 16 jobs that must complete successfully before this job can run. When you specify more than one job, separate each job with a comma and enclose the list in parentheses. For example:

/SYNCHRONIZATION=(MYJOB,YOURJOB,OURJOB)

You can specify the name or number of any existing job in the Job Management Manager database. For more information on description of job dependencies, see the CA Job Management for OpenVMS Administration Guide.

To refer to a job belonging to another user, add the =username specifier to the job specifier. For example, the following command qualifier refers to a job named BACKUP owned by the user SYSTEM:

/SYNCHRONIZATION=(BACKUP=SYSTEM)