Line-Mode Examples

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Line-Mode Examples

Your boss just asked you to run a complex database query. The query, QUERY1 EXEC, takes a long time to run, relies on data that is updated regularly, and must be run after 5:00 p.m. You want to schedule this job, BOSSQRY, in a command (QUERY1 EXEC) to run at night after you leave work.

To schedule the request BOSSQRY to run at 9:00 tonight, enter the following command:
```
vmsched schedule bossqry query1 (at 21:00:00
```
To schedule BOSSQRY to run at 9:00 p.m. this coming Monday, enter the following command:
```
vmsched schedule bossqry query1 (at 21:00:00 on mon
```
To schedule it to run at 9:00 p.m. on the first Monday in June, enter the following command:
```
vmsched schedule bossqry query1 (at 21:00:00 from 1 mon jun
```
To schedule it to run at 9:00 p.m. on June 30, enter the following command:
```
vmsched schedule bossqry query1 (at 21:00:00 from 06/30/yy
```

At 9:00 p.m. (21:00:00 on the 24-hour clock) on the appropriate day, CA VM:Schedule autologs your user ID, and executes the command QUERY1.

The name you give a request (for example, bossqry in the example above) can contain up to eight characters. You cannot give two requests the same name if you schedule them from the same user ID.

The command line for the EXEC or command you schedule can be longer than a single word; for example, you could schedule the following command line:

sendfile query1 data a to theboss.

If the command line contains parentheses, omit the command line and let CA VM:Schedule prompt you for it. If the command line is longer than 108 characters and spaces, put it in an EXEC and schedule that EXEC instead.