Detecting loops in jobs using the loopdetecttool utility

The following procedure describes how to check job processing definitions to determine if conditions are defined in a way that would cause loops using the loopdetecttool utility,

To detect loops using the loopdetecttool utility:

1. Do one of the following:
   • UNIX: Log on to a Control-M/EM account.
   • Windows: Open a command prompt window where Control-M/EM is installed. You do not need to be in the Control-M/EM database directory.

     NOTE: For Windows client installations, open a command prompt window and navigate to the <EM Instance Name>\bin directory.

2. Type the following:

   emdef loopdetecttool [-U <user> [-P <password>] | -pf <password file>] -s <GUI Server Name> -arg <input args file name> -out <output result file name>

   NOTE: For Windows, you do not need to use the emdef prefix.

For more details on the loopdetecttool parameters, see loopdetecttool parameters.