When specifying a job for debugging, a fully qualified IBM® i job name is specified by name, user, and number in the Job section of the i Job launch configuration, where:
In the i Job launch configuration, you can use one of the following methods to retrieve a subset list of the available i jobs. Make the following entries in the launch configuration Main Job section and click the Browse push button to invoke the Job List dialog box.
You can also specify abbreviated entries in the launch configuration Job section fields. The following formats are supported:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| * | All occurrences are found. |
| abc* | All occurrences starting with the character string abc are found. |
| abc | Only exact matches of the character string abc are found. |
The following examples illustrate how to use these formats:
If a wild card indicates a user ID that owns a single job, then specifying the wild card in this field will cause that job to be used. However, using wild cards to indicate multiple jobs is useful only to filter the list of jobs when the Browse push button is selected. When you choose to debug with the launch configuration, exactly one job must be indicated.
You can also specify an abbreviated user name. The following formats are supported:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| *CURRENT | The user name associated with the connection is used. |
| * | All occurrences are found. |
| abc* | All occurrences starting with the character string abc are found. |
| abc | Only exact matches of the character string abc are found. |