Re: Terminating an idle batch job

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Trevor, 

Can you give us more detail? If these programs were written by someone 
else, do you have any support available? Or has someone left precipitously 
without leaving any documentation?

I am wondering if your batch programs are like what I've got at my site. 
We run MAC-PAC which has several "Monitor" programs that sit and wait for 
requests to do back-end processing. Most wait for records to be put into a 
workfile and are usually on EOFW. A couple wait for requests to be put 
into a message queue, and are usually on MSGW. 

There's a separate program that sends shutdown messages to all the 
monitors at end of day. Maybe you just need to find the equivalent for 
your case.




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Colin,

Thanks for the suggestion.

My problem is (sorry for not being more specific), is that these programs
were written by someone else and I have no code - and cannot code them.

Thanks,
Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
Subject: 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

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