Re: CPF4128 on implicit open

Porterfield, Sean wrote:

CPF4128 Escape Message . . . . : Not able to allocate
objects needed for file

I have a program that runs every weeknight. Once a month, it
will crash because the monthend process does ALCOBJ *EXCL on one
of the files my program reads.

If I were in CL, I would likely do an appropriate ALCOBJ and
MONMSG, then do "something" (probably sleep for 5 minutes then
try again) if the file is allocated (i.e. not run my program that
uses the file!) <<SNIP>>

Since the comment is made that the program could wait... It may be possible to adjust for run-time, for all opens or just that one open [possibly with USROPN instead] of the file, to enable a longer WAITFILE() time; i.e. by CHGPF, CHGLF, or OVRDBF to adjust the "Maximum file wait time" for open requests.

Obviously adjusting the time of the job being run, so as to avoid the month-end processing, should suffice instead. Wrapped in a CLP, the CALL to the program could instead be preceded by a request to "ALCOBJ ((TheLib/TheFile *FILE TheMbr *SHRRD)) WAIT(longtime)", in order to effect such an avoidance, without explicit scheduling nor notification by the month-end processing.

Regards, Chuck