RE: Suspending batch jobs?

["Erickson, Jon" <JonErickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are many ways this can be done.  I don't know if you'd want to
"suspend" a job unless you have a separate batch subsystem with a job
queue designated to this job only.  
What you may want to do is have the purge job monitor a data queue for a
shut down flag/time.  Once the program receives the shut down
flag/status, output the current purge file & record to a file or data
area.  Then next time it's started, (either by job scheduler or nightly
process) it only needs to retrieve it's starting position from the data
area or file.  HTH.

Jon A. Erickson


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)
[mailto:LGoodbar@afs.bwauto.com]
                Sent:   Wednesday, August 19, 1998 8:12 AM
                To:     'midrange-l@midrange.com'
                Subject:        Suspending batch jobs?

                Is there a way to "suspend" a batch job, in the same
manner that an
                interactive job can be suspended with the DSCJOB
command? Some of our
                purges run overnight in batch, and rather than end them
or let them run
                throughout the day, we'd like to suspend the job until
the next evening.
                Any ideas or is it just impossible?

                Thanks,
                Loyd Goodbar
                Senior programmer/analyst
                Air/Fluid Systems
                Borg-Warner Automotive
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