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This smells like an interview question. If not, then give me more details, your source, is it a flat file or a database, why do you want to avoid using those stages? Any particular reason.

Yes. dsjob -run is the command you are looking for. Search this forum for more examples and exact syntax.

I am not using Metstage nor Sequencer.
Even if I try to run a simple job that tests my connection with the Oracle database by selecting 1 from dual. That Job too is giving this warning.

I have this error coming up for the Jobs that I am running.
Actually this is it:

DSD_SendEvent.B:Error Starting run
Cmd = SH -c'ActivityCmd START -file MSEVENTS/20061016142140000'
Output = ERROR: Couldn't get I/O for the connection to: localhost.
ReturnCode = 1

Any ideas.

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O yea thats right. I dont know why i had Philly in my mind. Thanks bud.

Yea. That would be nice. Man i wish i could come, i am just an hour away from Philly. Hell, 6 months ago i used to work in Philly. Err fate....

No doubt. I dont know how we missed you crossing 2000. Great work Vincent. Keep up the good work.
Regards,

Smart

I know this is a far shot and might not resolve anything, but its worth a try. Your jobname, stage name and link name look really long. Try to make a copy of you job, save it as abc and put the link name as xyz. See if the job runs.

add in a -jobstatus before the -run.
This will return the jobstatus you see in the director.

Do an exact search for unix script. You will get a few examples.
Heres one

Look into the Matches operand along with the if then else statement.
So your eg will be translated as follows (cond is a stage variable)

constraint the output as

cond = 'Y'

First of all, the wait for file activity will fire as soon as the file gets created, even though the transfer is not complete. So you need to request the supplier to send a dummy file after the original file transfer is complete. Your wait for file activity should wait for that dummy file. Secondly,...