Use the STATUS command to have the status of batch jobs displayed at your terminal. You can obtain the status of all batch jobs, several specific batch jobs, or a single batch job. The information you receive for each job tells you whether it is awaiting execution, is currently executing, or has completed execution but is still on an output queue. It also indicates whether the job is in hold status. An attention interrupt during the processing of STATUS results in termination of the command, but not the job.

STATUS is a foreground-initiated-background (FIB) command. You must be authorized by installation management to use STATUS. This command is generally used in conjunction with the CANCEL, SUBMIT, and OUTPUT commands.

Requesting an attention interrupt after issuing a STATUS command might terminate that command's processing. In this case, you cannot resume STATUS processing by pressing the Enter key as you can after most attention interrupts.