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autosys jil file: can I use update_job when adding a new attribute

I understand that in drafting a autosys jil file, I can use "update_job: job_name" to change the value of one or more job's attribute. For example:

update_job: abc_job
start_time: some_new_time

my question is, now I'd like to add a new attribute,

run_calendar

to abc_job, can I just do:

update_job: abc_job
run_calendar: my_cal

I know I could have used a combine of:

delete_job: abc_job
insert_job: abc_job

with new attributes added, but since I have quite a few updates to do and each job has a certain size of body, I prefer to a more succinct solution.

Solution

  • You can still use update on your abc_job as follows:

    update_job: abc_job
run_calendar: my_cal

    However if you already used days_of_week you need to add that to your JIL as well so it would look like:

    update_job: abc_job
run_calendar: my_cal
days_of_week:

    Leaving the days_of_week empty.

    Dave