HOLD Command

The HOLD command suspends or resumes request initiations. A request remains on hold until you remove it.

Hold {ON | OFF} requestname [([User userid] [Password password]]

Definitions

ON: Specifies that the named request is to be placed on hold. This cannot be specified with pattern matching.
OFF: Specifies that the named request is to have the hold removed. This cannot be specified with pattern matching.
requestname: Specifies the name of the request to be placed on hold or released from hold.
USER userid: Specifies the user ID whose request you are going to place on hold. This cannot be specified with pattern matching.
PASSWORD password: Specifies the CP LOGON password for the user ID whose request you are going to place on hold.

Description

The HOLD command suspends or resumes request initiations. An on-hold request remains on hold until you remove the hold. If a request is on hold at its scheduled initiation time, the server does not initiate it, regardless of the specified WITHIN time. However, if the status of the request is changed before your system’s WITHIN time (default late initiation time) passes, the server tries to initiate the request during the WITHIN period. The HOLD command can be applied to requests owned by other user IDs if the password is provided or if you have NOPASS authorization.

Consider the following information:

The request remains on hold until the hold is removed.
A request that is on hold cannot be skipped or delayed. All other functions can be performed.
If an on-hold request is copied, the new request is not on hold and is treated as a new request.
A request that attempts to initiate cannot be placed on hold.