RE: Break handling program

["York, Albert" <albert.york@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a similar situation a few years ago. However, I changed the initial
program. It creates a message queue in the QRPLOBJ library named BRKMxxxxxx,
where xxxxxx is the job number (i.e. BRKM407689), and puts it n break mode
with a break handling program. If I want that job to execute a command I
send a message to its message queue.

I also have a job that runs periodically which executes the command DLTMSGQ
QRPLOBJ/BRKM*. Only the message queues that are not allocated to a job are
deleted. At any rate, the QRPLOBJ library gets cleared when I IPL.
 
Albert 

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[SMTP:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Duzenbury
        Sent:   Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:07 PM
        To:     ISeries Mailing List
        Subject:        Break handling program

        Hi all,

        I've been asked to change the system in such a way as to interrupt
        certain workstations at regular scheduled times to perform an often
        forgotten task.

        I'm considering using a break message handling program, which can be
set
        up via the CHGMSGQ command, and then have a scheduled job send a
message
        to the workstations at the proper times.

        First off, are there any other better methods for such a task?

        The more difficult problem with this method is that the CHGMSGQ
command
        needs to be run every time a user logs into the workstation.  At
this
        site, the initial program is sacred for political reasons and must
not
        be modified.

        How might I have a new job run a command without changing the
initial
        program?  

        Thanks.

        --
        Regards,
        Rich

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