zar@XHMEIA.CALTECH.EDU (04/24/87)
A long time ago, our local management decided that one user could run only one batch job per queue at a time. At that time I wrote a .COM file to release the next batch job in sequence submitted with the /HOLD qualifier. The intention was to design batch jobs as follows: $ on error then goto exit $ run program $ exit: nextjob then submit jobs with the commands $ submit job_1 !First job in sequence $ submit/hold job_2 !all jobs in remainder of sequence $ submit/hold job_3 ... $ submit/hold job_n The NEXTJOB command also took two optional parameters. The first was the queue to search for jobs. The second was a username (for prived users only) to release someone elses batch job. I have since converted the program NEXTJOB to FORTRAN (from .COM and many MACRO programs). If anyone wants this, send me mail... From The Great Zar a.k.a. Dan Zirin ZAR @ CITCHEM (bitnet) ZAR @ XHMEIA.CALTECH.EDU XHMEIA::ZAR (span/hepnet)