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Multi-Step Job Log Location

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Bill Brennenstuhl
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12/28/2022 9:20 PM

    On a daily basis, someone goes into the Job Schedule, enters the appropriate username, and searches for a multi-step job.  At that time, they right click on the job and select View Job to open and copy information from the log.  I know where the individual .prt files are stored for each of the 198 steps for this job.  I need to know where the job log that is being displayed so I can automate this process.

    Thanks in advance for any help.

    Bob Canham
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    12/28/2022 9:35 PM
      The job logs are stored in $LAWDIR/system/joblog with a name of jobname.pid. the jobname is truncated on my system but I'm not sure if that is a AIX only constraint.
      Bill Brennenstuhl
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      12/29/2022 3:35 PM

        Hi Bob,
        Thanks for the quick reply.  After looking at my directory structure I don't seem to have the joblog directory in my system.  See attached.  Any other ideas?

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        Greg Moeller
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        12/29/2022 3:46 PM
          Perhaps you just don't have permissions -- it should be under the system folder -- lsfprod\law\system\joblog\-files-
          Greg Moeller
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          12/29/2022 5:11 PM
            We are <now> a Windows shop and I can verify what @Bob Canum says is not just an AIX oddity. All of our job names that have 8 characters in them appear as a 7 character joblog name followed by a period and the PID.
            Bill Brennenstuhl
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            12/29/2022 5:45 PM
              Based on command I use in SYSCMD nodes, I do believe we are using Lynx.
              Bill Brennenstuhl
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              12/30/2022 2:26 PM

                Checking with our host/security.  I'll update you with what I found.

                Thanks again for your help.

                Kwane McNeal
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                12/30/2022 3:02 PM
                  So at one point it was jobname(7).pid.
                  I don’t recall when it changed, but it is now slightly different.

                  Format: jobname(left 7).jobnbr
                  Job number is from the QUEUEDJOB table.

                  So in (ba/k/mk)sh: you could use the following declarations:

                  typeset -l jobname
                  typeset -L7 jobname
                  typeset -i jobnbr

                  “${LAWDIR}/system/joblog/${jobname}.${jobnbr}”
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