VMS Help SYNCHRONIZE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Holds the process issuing the command until the specified job
    completes execution.

    Requires delete (D) access to the specified job.

    Format

      SYNCHRONIZE  [job-name]

1 - Parameter

 job-name

    Specifies the name of the job as defined when the job was
    submitted. You can specify only job names that are associated
    with your user name. (A job is associated with the user name of
    the process that submits it.)

    To specify a job that does not have a unique name, use the /ENTRY
    qualifier to specify the entry number. If you specify both
    the job-name parameter and the /ENTRY qualifier, the job-name
    parameter is ignored.

    If you specify the job-name parameter, the command searches for a
    job with the specified name in the queue SYS$BATCH. To specify a
    job in a different queue, you must specify the name of the queue
    using the /QUEUE qualifier.

2 - Qualifiers

 2.1 - /ENTRY

       /ENTRY=entry-number

    Identifies the job by the system-assigned entry number.

    The system assigns a unique entry number to each queued print
    or batch job in the system. By default, the PRINT and SUBMIT
    commands display the entry number when they successfully queue
    a job for processing. These commands also create or update the
    local symbol $ENTRY to reflect the entry number of the most
    recently queued job. To find a job's entry number, enter the SHOW
    ENTRY or SHOW QUEUE command. If you specify both the job-name
    parameter and the /ENTRY qualifier, the job name is ignored.

 2.2 - /QUEUE

       /QUEUE=queue-name[:]

    Names the queue containing the job. If you use the /QUEUE
    qualifier, you must specify either the job-name parameter or
    the /ENTRY qualifier. If you specify the job-name parameter, the
    default queue is SYS$BATCH. If you specify the /ENTRY qualifier,
    there is no default queue. If you specify a generic queue, the
    command looks for the job in the generic queue and in the qeneric
    queue's target execution queues.

3 - Examples

    1.$ SUBMIT/NAME=PREP FORMAT/PARAMETERS=(SORT,PURGE)
        Job PREP (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 219) started on queue SYS$BATCH
      $ SUBMIT PHASER
        Job PHASER (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 223) started on queue SYS$BATCH

      In this example, the first SUBMIT command submits the command
      procedure FORMAT.COM for execution and names the job PREP.
      The second SUBMIT command queues the procedure PHASER.COM. The
      procedure PHASER.COM contains the following line:

        $ SYNCHRONIZE PREP

      When this line is processed, the system verifies whether the
      job named PREP exists in the default queue SYS$BATCH. The
      procedure PHASER is forced to wait until the job PREP completes
      execution.

    2.$ SUBMIT/NAME=TIMER       COMP.COM
        Job TIMER (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 214) started on queue SYS$BATCH
      $ SYNCHRONIZE /ENTRY=214

      In this example, a batch job named TIMER is submitted. Then
      the SYNCHRONIZE command is entered interactively. This command
      places the interactive process in a wait state until entry
      number 214 (TIMER) completes. You cannot enter subsequent
      commands from your terminal session until the SYNCHRONIZE
      command completes and your process is released from the wait
      state.

    3.$ SUBMIT/NAME=TIMER COMP.COM/QUEUE=BUILD_QUEUE
      $ SYNCHRONIZE/QUEUE=BUILD_QUEUE TIMER

      The batch job name TIMER is submitted to the queue BUILD_QUEUE
      in this example. Then the SYNCHRONIZE command is entered
      interactively. Because the job named TIMER is not in the
      default queue SYS$BATCH, the SYNCHRONIZE command includes
      the /QUEUE qualifier to specify the queue in which the job
      is located.