Submiting a batch job to run automatically twice a year

[Steve ward_3]

Yes here it is when the file is in the firectory

TREK >>@ward.com
DAY = "Thursday"
MONTH = "04"
Job TREK_SNAPSHOT (queue DBA$BATCH, entry 187) pending
pending status caused by queue stopped state

[Steve ward_3]

SO YOU SEE IT DOES DO THE SUBMIT WHEN THE FILE IS THERE! BUT WHEN IT CAN'T FIND IT I GET THAT ERROR?


%SUBMIT-F-OPENIN, error opening $1$DUA1:[WARD]TREK_SNAPSHOT.COM; as input
-RMS-E-FNF, file not found

[Walter Miller_1]

Of course...as Jan said even if the file is there the extra ":" between ] and ''ward will cause the f$search to return "" and run the job. So remove that ":" and change .eqs. to .nes. and it should work as expected.

[Steve ward_3]

Great it did thanks for all your help

[Steve ward_3]

Thanks again