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.TH pbs_msgjob 3B "3 March 2015" Local "PBS Professional"
.SH NAME
pbs_msgjob - record a message for a running PBS batch job
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <pbs_error.h>
.br
#include <pbs_ifl.h>
.sp
.B int pbs_msgjob(\^int\ connect, char\ *job_id, int\ file, char\ *message, char\ *extend\^)

.SH DESCRIPTION
Issue a batch request to write a message in an output file of a batch job.
.LP
A
.I "Message Job"
batch request is generated and sent to the server over the connection
specified by
.I connect 
which is the return value of \f3pbs_connect\f1().
.LP
The argument,
.I job_id ,
identifies the job to which  the message is to be sent;
it is specified in the form:
.RS 4
.I "sequence_number.server"
.RE
.LP
The parameter,
.I file ,
indicates the file or files to which the message string is to be written.
See pbs_ifl.h for acceptable values.

.LP
The parameter,
.I message ,
is the message string to be written.
.LP
The parameter,
.I extend ,
is reserved for implementation-defined extensions.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
qmsg(1B) and pbs_connect(3B)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
When the batch request generated by \f3pbs_msgjob\f1()
function has been completed successfully by a batch server, the routine will
return 0 (zero).
Otherwise, a non zero error is returned.  The error number is also set
in pbs_errno.