exnirad@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Nirad Sharma) (01/20/91)
I'm looking for a batch job package for a SYSV Unix (Xenix) that has the following features: 1. Ability to start jobs (obviously!) and assign names to them e.g. $ batch "print_labels -ob 2" "Label run" where print_labels is a program and Label run is the job name 2. An interative job control program that would list the current running status of all batched jobs for the current user refreshed every couple of seconds. This would (hopefully) be screen-based and allow the user to cancel (or maybe pause) submitted jobs. The names assigned to the jobs as in 1. would also be displayed for easy recognition of the jobs. I am aware of the at command but it fails to attach labels to batch jobs and has other minor shortcomings. The program in 2. should be user-friendly as users who are not very UNIX-literate will be using it. I could probably put something together myself but I imagine that this has already been done by someone. By the way, while I'm at it, are there any programs for interactively (i.e screen-based) manipulating the print queues ? Just wondering. Thanks for any help. Nirad Sharma (exnirad@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au) Continuing Education Unit The University of Queensland AUSTRALIA