job

Description

Use the job command to configure scheduled jobs.

Syntax

job <job ID>
no job <job ID>

job <job ID> command <sequence ID> <command string>
no job <job ID> command <sequence ID>

job <job ID> comment <comment string>
no job <job ID> comment

job <job ID> date-time <hr>:<mm>:<ss> [<yyyy>/<mm>/<dd>]
no job <job ID> date-time

job <job ID> enable
no job <job ID> enable

job <job ID> fail-continue
no job <job ID> fail-continue

job <job ID> name <friendly job-name>
no job <job ID> name

Arguments

job <job ID>	Specifies the job number, which is a non-negative integer. If the job doesn’t already exist, it creates it. Use the no form of this command to delete the job.
command <sequence ID> <command string>	Configures commands for the job. Since jobs may consist of multiple commands, you must assign each command a number that determines its order in the job. Use the no form of this command to remove commands from the job.
comment <comment string>	Adds a comment for the specified job. Use the no form of this command to remove the associated comment from the job.
date-time <hr>:<mm>:<ss> [<yyyy>/<mm>/<dd>]	Sets the time and date for executing the job, based on a 24-hour clock. If you don’t set the date, the job executes at the first appropriate time. Use the no form of this command to clear the scheduled time for the job.
enable	Sets a job to the enabled state. A job must be enabled before you can execute it. Use the no form of this command to disable the job.
fail-continue	Sets the job to keep executing if a command fails. Use the no form of this command to stop job on the first command failure.
name <friendly job-name>	Sets the friendly name for this job. Use the no form of this command to remove the associated friendly name for this job.

Defaults

None.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See the following related commands:

n	“job execute”

n	“show jobs”.

Usage Guidelines

If a <command string> or <comment string> includes spaces, enclose the entire string’s text in quotation marks.

Examples

To create the job, “overnight”, to install a new image file, “image-2.0.0.0_15984.zip”, from “www.company.com/images/” into the inactive system partition:

(config) # job overnight command 1 “image install www.company.com/images/image-2.0.0.0_15984.zip”

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