Re: Quick question regarding messages from CL programs

[Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I do this, I use SNDPGMMSG with the parameters TOPGMQ(*EXT) and 
MSGTYPE(*STATUS)

Rich Loeber - @richloeber
Kisco Information Systems
http://www.kisco.com

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On 4/16/2020 2:03 PM, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> If I have to RTFM for this one (and I've already begun doing so), it 
> will probably take forever; I'm hoping somebody knows it off the top 
> of his or her head:
>
> Suppose I have a CL program running in a batch job. And I want that CL 
> program to send a message (an "INFO" message is fine) to *the user 
> running the batch job* indicating that it has reached a specific 
> checkpoint in the job.
>
> How do I do it? SNDMSG or SNDPGMMSG? And with what parameters?
>
> According to what I've read in the helptext, I understand that 
> REQUESTER in a batch job sends to the system operator message queue 
> (which I don't want).
>
> The idea here is to find out what portion of the job is taking the 
> most time, by looking at the timestamps on the messages from various 
> checkpoints.
>
> --
> JHHL