The string literal specifies the VMS process name for the resultant job. If PROCESS attempts to assign a name that is currently in use by another process of the same GROUP, GT.M suspends the JOB command until the other process stops, or a timeout occurs for the JOB command.

The maximum string length is 15 alphanumeric characters.

By default, JOB constructs a name in the form <USER>_<PID>J<cnt>, where <USER> is the username for the parent process truncated to three or four characters, <PID> is the process identification of that process and <cnt> is a decimal number from one (1) to 99. If the process name is longer than 15 characters, GT.M truncates the rightmost characters of the user name. For example, if a process with the user name MacDonald and a PID of hexadecimal 21802227 issues its first JOB command, GT.M assigns the name MACD_21802227J1 to the new process.