The Hold Job Queue (HLDJOBQ) command prevents the processing of all jobs currently waiting on the job queue and of all jobs that are added to the queue after the command is issued. This command has no effect on jobs that are running. Additional jobs can be placed on the job queue while it is held, but they are not processed. The jobs are held until a Release Job Queue (RLSJOBQ) command is issued. When a job queue is held, the jobs can be cleared with the Clear Job Queue (CLRJOBQ) command or a specific job can be canceled by the End Job (ENDJOB) command.

Restriction: The QLPINSTALL job queue cannot be held.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
JOBQ	Job queue	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 1
	Qualifier 1: Job queue	Name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB

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Job queue (JOBQ)

Specifies the job queue that will have its current and future entries withheld from further processing.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Job queue

name

Specify the name of the job queue to be held.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL

All libraries in the library list for the current thread are searched until the first match is found.

*CURLIB

The current library for the job is used to locate the job queue. If no current library entry exists in the library list, QGPL is used.

name

Specify the name of the library where the job queue is located.

Examples

HLDJOBQ   JOBQ(QBATCH)

This command prevents the processing of the jobs currently on the QBATCH job queue and any jobs added to the queue. They are held until the queue is released or cleared. Individual jobs can also be ended with the ENDJOB command, which removes the job from the job queue.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF2207

Not authorized to use object &1 in library &3 type *&2.

CPF2240

User &7 not authorized to use *&5 &6/&4.

CPF3307

Job queue &1 in &2 not found.

CPF3330

Necessary resource not available.

CPF3425

Job queue &1 in &2 already held.