Places  the  process  issuing  this  command in a wait state until a
  specified job completes execution.


  Format:


    SYNCHRONIZE  [job-name]

Additional information available:

ParametersCommand QualifiersExamples

 job-name

  Specifies the name of the job as defined when the job was submitted.
  You  can  specify  only job names that are associated with your user
  name. (A job is associated with the user name of  the  process  that
  submits it.)

  To specify a job that does not have a unique name,  use  the  /ENTRY
  qualifier  to  specify the entry number. If you specify both the job
  name and the /ENTRY qualifier, the job name is ignored.

Additional information available:

/ENTRY/QUEUE

 /ENTRY=entry-number

  Identifies the job by the system-assigned entry number.

  The  system  assigns  a  unique entry number to each queued print or
  batch job in the system. By default, the PRINT and  SUBMIT  commands
  display  the  entry  number  when  they successfully queue a job for
  processing. These commands also create or update  the  local  symbol
  $ENTRY  to reflect the entry number of the most recently queued job.
  To find a job's entry number, enter the SHOW  ENTRY  or  SHOW  QUEUE
  command.  If  you specify both the job-name parameter and the /ENTRY
  qualifier, the job name is ignored.

 /QUEUE=queue-name[:]

  Names the queue containing the job. If you use the /QUEUE qualifier,
  you  must  specify  either  the  job-name  parameter  or  the /ENTRY
  qualifier. If you specify the job-name parameter, the default  queue
  is  SYS$BATCH.  If  you  specify  the  /ENTRY qualifier, there is no
  default queue.

   1. $ SUBMIT/NAME=PREP FORMAT/PARAMETERS=(SORT,PURGE)
           Job PREP (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 219) started on queue
  SYS$BATCH
      $ SUBMIT PHASER
           Job PHASER (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 223) started on queue
  SYS$BATCH

  In this example,  the  first  SUBMIT  command  submits  the  command
  procedure  FORMAT.COM  for  execution  and  names  the job PREP. The
  second SUBMIT command queues the procedure PHASER.COM. The procedure
  PHASER.COM contains the following line:

      $ SYNCHRONIZE PREP

  When this line is processed, the system  verifies  whether  the  job
  named  PREP exists. The procedure PHASER is forced to wait until the
  job PREP completes execution.


  2.  $ SUBMIT/NAME=TIMER       COMP.COM
      Job TIMER (queue SYS$BATCH, entry 214) started on queue SYS$BATCH

      $ SYNCHRONIZE /ENTRY=214

  In  this  example,  a  batch  job named TIMER is submitted. Then the
  SYNCHRONIZE command is entered interactively.  This  command  places
  the  interactive  process  in  a  wait  state until entry number 214
  (TIMER) completes. You cannot enter subsequent  commands  from  your
  terminal  session  until  the SYNCHRONIZE command completes and your
  process is released from the wait state.