Re: Subfiles in batch job

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Um.. uhh.. wow.  This is intriguing.  Tell me this then...

Wouldn't it be possible to take a dumb tube and stick it out in an area
and not sign it on.  Then have an RPG program that had the job do an
Override to this display file write to the screen without waiting for
a response.  All this going on in a never ending batch job.  So now I
have a green screen slide show going on to a device that is not really
secure, but it's not signed onto the system anyway, so no body can get
access that way?

Or even better yet, have it wait for a response now and then.  Or allow for
input into the display file.  Then the program could change what it shows
or whatever depending on what the person enters.  There is absolutely no way
the person can get into the system since it's not signed on.  There is no
interactive session waiting to get a command line too.

Or am I missing something?

Regards,

Jim Langston

Peter Connell wrote:
> 
> Dan,
> It just has to be sitting there with the signon display up so that it's not
> allocated. The issue here is that it must always be available for the batch
> job. However, the batch pgm still waits for a response when you do an EXFMT
> so you have to go to the device to press ENTER when the display format
> magically appears on the device without anyone having signed on.
> 
> Cheers, Peter
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