Re: Identifing IBM commands that return control before process completes

On 16-Jun-2015 07:19 -0600, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:

Is there a doc or link that would Identify all IBM commands that
return control before process complete? Examples, STRSBS, ENDSBS.

I am finding that if ever coding these commands, a DLYJOB is
necessary if the following command is dependent on the process being
completed.

I am unaware of any list for the OS or LPPs.

Coding just a Delay Job (DLYJOB) is... well, daft. Code a procedure that will wait for the asynchronous effect if waiting is necessary, or if not possible to wait, then polling to test for the effect using a short-wait delay-loop. For example, for End Subsystem (ENDSBS) [except the controlling SBS], the successful completion of an Allocate Object (ALCOBJ) request against the *SBSD object indicates the async-End-Request has completed, after which processing would continue after the Deallocate Object (DLCOBJ) request against that Subsystem Description (SBSD).

I often wonder if anyone ever submits requests for the ability to effect a sync-wait on such operations. I am shocked at how often in discussions people so easily accept hard-coding delays as a /solution/ to an issue with consecutive requests failing, esp. those following Start TCP/IP services (STRTCPxxx) requests. I would expect a huge number of "we need something like SYNC() parm to ask the command to wait until all that was requested to start has actually started."