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Reserving a Device for a Group of Jobs

By including the wildcard character in the job name, you can reserve a device for a group of similarly named jobs. For example, you can reserve a device for any job with a name that starts with the characters PAY by issuing this command:

VARY 01A0 JOB=PAY*

The * wildcard character tells TPCF to accept any job with a name that matches the preceding character string. The wildcard character must be the last character in the job name and cannot be the only character.

Note: The VARY JOB command does not allow for multiple job masks for the same device. You must use the TPCEDLXT for this action.