Jay,

Yes, you can create a script to parse the HPJOBNAME variable, and use that
value to set variables or create file equations in your jobs or sessions.
With what you describe, however, I think the problem you're going to have is
that you would still have to edit the jobs in order to get your script to
run either (1) instead of the lines already in the job [remove them from the
job], or (2) to run AFTER the lines in the job.

If you create an ACCOUNT or SYSTEM level UDC which executes the script file,
it would create a file equation pointing to TRA810, but when later in the
job the file equation currently in place executes it will override the
equation set in your UDC/script.

Someone else may have a better solution for you, but I think you're going to
have to do the edit sequence at least once.  That would, of course, allow
you to standardize all of your file equations.

HTH,
Rs~




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Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:57 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] Can jobs read a file to use the job's hpjobname?


Hi all,

I was recently asked to make the same change to the file equations in
several jobs (in one account), and got to thinking how I might get the jobs
to read a single file that contained the file equations that are used in all
of the jobs.

We use Vesoft's Streamx. I'd like to be able to capture the last three
characters in the job's hpjobname to use in the file equation. So that, if
the job's name is JTRA810, I would have a file equation like this:

!file print1=TRA810;dev=lp

The request was to send the jobs' reports to another printer (change "lp"
to "xlp" in the file equation). Rather than editing each job, I'd like to be
able to edit just one file that contained this file equation, but which also
gets the last 3 charaters of the job's hpjobname.

Hope this makes at least a little sense. I'd appreciate any help.

Jay

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