RE: How to tell if a program is active?

If you use this technique you need to be careful if you use save while
active to do backups. You will not be able to save the program while it is
active. 

I create a data area with the same name in a library that I don't back up
and allocate it instead.

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> From:         Peter Dow[SMTP:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> Sent:         Monday, November 22, 1999 12:09 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: How to tell if a program is active?
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> Have the program allocate itself:
> 
> ALCOBJ OBJ((pgmname *PGM *EXCL))
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Reger, Bill <breger@levitz.com>
> To: 'Midrange-L' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 8:33 AM
> Subject: How to tell if a program is active?
> 
> 
> > I need to make sure that a particular program is running only once.  I
> do
> > not want multiple occurrences of this program to be running.  I'm sure
> my
> > mind is already on Thanksgiving time since I can't seem to figure out
> how
> I
> > can check whether a certain program is active or not.  Can anyone help
> me?
> >
> > William K. Reger
> > Senior Project Manager
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