C-LANG Statements › JOBD Statement—Specify the Job Description

JOBD Statement—Specify the Job Description

The JOBD statement specifies the job description for the program submitted.

Supported Job Type

This statement is optional for the i5/OS job type.

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

JOBD description|
     library/description|
     /QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/description.JOBD

library

Specifies the name of the library that contains the job description. The value must be a valid i5/OS library name.

description

Specifies the name of the job description for the program submitted. The value must be a valid i5/OS job description name.

Notes:

• The entire value can be up to 46 characters; it cannot contain delimiters (such as spaces).
• If you do not specify the library name, the i5/OS system will search for it using the library list for the job.

Example: Specify the Library Name and Description for a Job

This example runs a program named MFGDATA on an i5/OS system. The current library for the job is PAY1, and the job description is DFTJOBD in library CYB1.

AGENT I5AGENT
CLPNAME MFGDATA
CURLIB PAY1
JOBD CYB1/DFTJOBD