Re: Terminating an idle batch job

Trevor,

try using a dataqueue or data area, or even a flag on a file,
that you check every so often, on each iteration of your process, to
determine whether your batch job should end

cheers
Colin.W
----- Original Message -----
From: "trevor perry" <trevorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:58 PM
Subject: Terminating an idle batch job


> My batch jobs do not have a way to shut themselves down - and they mostly
> sit and wait. How can I end the jobs if they have been waiting for a long
> time?
>
> Another way to explain this - I want an equivalent of QINACTITV for batch
> jobs..
>
> Has anyone built this? Or is there software?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Trevor
>
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