How to execute more commands in the Before/After Job routine

Shree0410 · Post by **Shree0410** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:41 pm

Hi all,

If I want to execute multiple commands on the Before or the After job routines, for example if I want to execute 2 commands in the before job routine like 'delete a file from a directory' and also cat 2 or 3 files to make a single file, how can I do this.

thanks guyz

DSguru2B · Post by **DSguru2B** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:45 pm

Build a small script for that and fire that script from the before/after job subroutine section using ExecSh

Shree0410 · Post by **Shree0410** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:51 pm

Thanks a lot, but I am not allowed to write my own scripts without the prior approval, so i am trying to find a way to execute multiple commands from the job parameters.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:53 pm

Then put a semi-colon between the commands.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:32 pm

Learn about operating system pipelining. In summary:

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command1 ; command2

command2 is executed unconditionally after command1 finishes

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command1 && command2

command2 is executed only if command1 finishes successfully (with an exit status of 0)

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command1 !! command2

command2 is executed only if command1 finishes unsuccessfully (with an exit status of other than 0)