Re: File wait time

>I have a C program that opens a pre-existing file for output. If another job
>has the file allocated, I want to wait 5 or 10 seconds and then give up and
>open a different pre-existing file. Yet it seems that whatever value I set
>for WAITFILE on the physical file (there are no logicals) it always waits 60
>seconds. Where else do I control this behavior?

Marty
     presumably the 'other job' is allocating the file exclusivly (sp ?) ?
If so the best way is to do an ALCOBJ on the file *SHRRD with a wait time
of 5 or 10 seconds and then do a MONMSG CPF1002.

I believe the 60 seconds wait time may be coming from the subsystem class
where the job is running  (?)

Mike



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