Describe a job

The following diagram illustrates the syntax to describe a job.

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Describing a job

>>-onpladm describe job--jobname-- -f--+---+-------------------->
                                       +-l-+   
                                       '-u-'   

   .-----------------------.   
   V                       |   
>----+-------------------+-+-----------------------------------><
     +- -F--specfilename-+     
     +- -p--projectname--+     
     +- -R---------------+     
     '- -S--servername---'     

Element Purpose Key considerations
-F specfilename Sets the specification file The default value is the standard output.
-f Flags to specify the type of job The default is load job.
l Specifies a load job None
u Specifies an unload job None
jobname Names a job from the onpload database None
-p projectname Identifies the project where the format and map are stored None
-R Deletes all associated objects if they are not referenced by other objects None
-S servername Sets the onpload database server The default is the value of the INFORMIXSERVER environment variable.

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