Using the CMS batch facility

The CMS batch facility provides a way of submitting jobs for batch processing in CMS, and can be used to run an assembler program. You can use this facility in one of these situations:

You have a job that takes a lot of time, and you want to be able to use your terminal for other work while the job is running,
You do not have access to a terminal.

The CMS batch facility is really a virtual machine, generated and controlled by the system operator, who logs on to VM using the batch user ID and invokes the CMSBATCH command. All jobs submitted for batch processing are spooled to the user ID of this virtual machine, which runs the jobs sequentially. To use the CMS batch facility at your location, you must contact the system operator to learn the user ID of the batch virtual machine.

You can run High Level Assembler under the control of the CMS batch facility. Terminal input can be read from the console stack. In order to prevent your batch job from being canceled, make sure that stacked input is available if your program requests input from the terminal. For further information about using the CMS batch facility, see the applicable CMS User's Guide for your particular VM environment, as listed under Bibliography.