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Normal answer would be the Folder stage, but first tell us how you propose to process multiple files with different metadata in a single job. That answer will help drive the proper solution.

What part didn't work wasn't clear, hence the replies. Use a loop with your background execution:
Might need to be tweaked slightly depending on your shell of choice.

OK, then it looks like you'll need to read the logs for that. How long did you wait before you decided it was 'hanging'? Why not use the -type STARTED option rather grepping through everything for them?

You can get this information using the DSGetParamInfo() function, are you sure you need to do this from a script rather than from job control?

When you get to 8.1.1 or later, you will be able to use istool (Information Server Manager) for this functionality. It is available server and client side....

Have you looked into "dsjob -jobinfo"? I think it will have that for the most recent job run, if that's what you are after. Or perhaps "-lparams" or a variant thereof.

You should create a job to load your 'job statistics', much easier to do and maintain. You'd have to let us know what 'not getting executed' means - log the Output as well as the ReturnCode to help see what's going on.

You'll probably need to fully path the script, that or 'cd' to where it lives first.

Please make sure you understand why it is working, it will stand you in good stead for the future. And please mark your post as Resolved using the button at the top of the page.

It's a good practice to use full pathnames, your first suggestion won't actually change the issue and is functionally equivalent to what they are already doing. :wink: I too would assume their 'trigger' files should be someplace specific and I doubt that $DSHOME would (or should) ever be that place....

Hmmm... will probably need Ernie to step in on this one. The 6.x release is (I assume) the first XML (PACK 1) release and was deprecated in subsequent releases of the product. There is no 'XMLFolder' stage now and I'm not sure there every was, are you sure you didn't mean a normal Folder stage? It w...

So... help us out here. Where are you with this? Do you still need help or have questions? If you do, please clarify your 'batch job' comment - is this the old 'pre-Sequence' Batch:: job or some other form of hand-coded job control that you have running your jobs? Not sure it really matters here but...

In the job's project directory. As noted. Typically:

You tried what, exactly?

Do an exact search for "did not consume entire input" and see if the 20 other posts on the subject help at all.