Creating, editing, and deleting a job

To create a job using Helix Server’s default job-naming scheme, issue the p4 job command. To assign a name to a new job (or edit an existing job), issue the p4 job jobname command.

Example Creating a job

Gale discovers a problem with Jam, so she creates a job by issuing the p4 job command and describes it as follows:

Job:    job000006

Status: open

User:   gale

Date:   2011/11/14 17:12:21

Description:
        MAXLINE can't account for expanded cmd buffer size.

The following table describes the fields in the default job specification:

Field Name	Description	Default
`Job`	The name of the job (white space is not allowed). By default, Helix Server assigns job names using a numbering scheme (`jobnnnnnn`).	Last job number +1
`Status`	open: job has not yet been fixed. closed: job has been completed. suspended: job is not currently being worked on.	`open`
`User`	The user to whom the job is assigned, usually the person assigned to fix this particular problem.	Helix Server user name of the job creator.
`Date`	The date the job was last modified.	Updated by Helix Server when you save the job.
`Description`	Describes the work being requested, for example a bug description or request for enhancement.	None. You must enter a description.

To edit existing jobs, specify the job name when you issue the p4 job command: p4 job jobname. Enter your changes in the job form, save the form and exit.

To delete a job, issue the p4 job -d jobname command.