Display Job (DSPJOB)

Where allowed to run: All environments (*ALL)
Threadsafe: No 		Parameters
Examples
Error messages

The Display Job (DSPJOB) command shows, for the specified job, any of the following information:

The information can be shown whether the job is on the job queue, on an output queue, or active in the system. Note, however, that the job is not considered to be in the system until all of its input has been completely read in; only then is an entry placed on the job queue.

Restrictions:

  1. The issuer of the command must be running under a user profile which is the same as the job user identity of the job being displayed, or the issuer of the command must be running under a user profile which has job control (*JOBCTL) special authority.

    The job user identity is the name of the user profile by which a job is known to other jobs. More information about the job user identity is in the Work Management information in the iSeries Information Center at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/infocenter.

  2. Activation group information for a job cannot be shown if the job is being held when this command is run.
  3. This command fails in a job that allows multiple threads if OPTION(*FILOVR) or OPTION(*ALL) is specified.
Top

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
JOB Job name Single values: *
Other values: Qualified job name		 Optional, Positional 1
Qualifier 1: Job name Name
Qualifier 2: User Name
Qualifier 3: Number 000000-999999
OUTPUT Output *, *PRINT Optional, Positional 2
OPTION Option *SELECT, *STSA, *DFNA, *RUNA, *SPLF, *JOBLOG, *PGMSTK, *JOBLCK, *LIBL, *OPNF, *FILOVR, *CMTCTL, *CMNSTS, *ACTGRP, *MUTEX, *THREAD, *MLBA, *ALL Optional
DUPJOBOPT Duplicate job option *SELECT, *MSG Optional
Top

Job name (JOB)

Specifies the name of the job whose information is to be shown.

Single values

*
The job whose information is displayed is the job from which this display command is run.

Qualifier 1: Job name

name
Specify the name of the job to be displayed. If no job qualifier is given, all of the jobs currently in the system are searched for the simple job name. If duplicates of the specified name are found, a list of messages containing the qualified job names of all duplicates is displayed.

Qualifier 2: User

name
Specify the name that identifies the user profile under which the job is run.

Qualifier 3: Number

000000-999999
Specify the job number assigned by the system.
Top

Output (OUTPUT)

Specifies whether the output from the command is displayed at the requesting work station or printed with the job's spooled output.

*
The output is displayed for interactive jobs or printed with the job's spooled output for non-interactive jobs.
*PRINT
The output is printed with the job's spooled output.
Top

Option (OPTION)

Specifies which information is displayed.

*SELECT
The menu is shown and all options and function keys are available.
*STSA
The identifying characteristics and the status of the job are shown.
*DFNA
The definition attributes in the job description associated with the job are shown.
*RUNA
The run attributes for the job are shown.
*SPLF
The spooled files owned by the job are shown. Only those spooled output files which are on output queues in the library name space of the thread issuing this command will be shown.
*JOBLOG
The commands processed by the job and the messages returned from running those commands are shown.
*PGMSTK
All information for all programs in the call stack is shown.
*JOBLCK
All external object locks held by the job, including held locks and lock that are being waited for, are shown.
*LIBL
The library list for the thread is shown if the job specified for the Job name (JOB) parameter is the job from which the command is run. For other jobs, the library list of the initial thread is shown.
*OPNF
Files that are open for the job and the status of system and user files are shown.
*FILOVR
File overrides at any active call level for the job are shown.
*CMTCTL
The commitment control status of the job is shown.
*CMNSTS
The communications status of the job is shown.
*ACTGRP
The activation groups associated with the job are shown.
*MUTEX
The mutex information associated with the initial thread of the job is shown.
*THREAD
Information about the job's threads is displayed.
*MLBA
Information about the job's media library attributes is displayed.
*ALL
All options are shown.
Top

Duplicate job option (DUPJOBOPT)

Specifies the action taken when duplicate jobs are found by this command.

*SELECT
The selection display is shown when duplicate jobs are found during an interactive session. Otherwise, a message is issued.
*MSG
A message is issued when duplicate jobs are found.
Top

Examples

Example 1: Printing the Spooled Output 

DSPJOB   JOB(SMITH/PAYROLL)  OUTPUT(*PRINT)

This command directs the information for the job named PAYROLL submitted by the user named SMITH to the job's output spooling queue for printing.

Example 2: Displaying the Job's Spooled Output 

DSPJOB   OPTION(*SPLF)

This command displays the spooled output for the current job.

Example 3: Displaying All of the Job's Information 

DSPJOB   OPTION(*ALL)

This command displays all of the information for the current job.

Top

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF0941
Job &3/&2/&1 no longer in system.
CPF1069
End of duplicate names.
CPF1070
Job &3/&2/&1 not found.
CPF1071
No authority to job &3/&2/&1.
CPF2443
Job log not displayed or listed because job has ended.
CPF3330
Necessary resource not available.
CPF3336
Job &5/&4/&3 no longer in the system.
CPF9845
Error occurred while opening file &1.
CPF9846
Error while processing file &1 in library &2.
CPF9847
Error occurred while closing file &1 in library &2.
CPF9850
Override of printer file &1 not allowed.
CPF9851
Overflow value for file &1 in &2 too small.
CPF9871
Error occurred while processing.
Top