Re: Seeking inspiration ...

Hi Bruce -

On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 12:27:55 -0500, Bruce Vining
<bvining@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have not been following this thread very closely, but one could certainly
do what ever data gathering is necessary in the exit program (it runs in
the job performing the SBMJOB), if necessary (due to size) store the data
under some arbitrary key passed in the first parameter (or just make the
data into a parameter), and then have the initial program of the submitted
job perform whatever is necessary to recreate the environment. Assuming
that the submitted job would run OK in the initial job if directly CALLed
(which is what I'm not sure of when skimming this thread), then the
submitted applications would/should require no change.

This would require no change to the defaults of the IBM SBMJOB command
itself, require no duplication of the SBMJOB command and subsequent playing
with the library list, and as an added benefit enable one to do a whole lot
of "other things" while in the exit program.

I don't know if Jon would be able to get away with that or not.

I know that I couldn't at my current employer. I work for just one of
many sites running on the box. Exit program? No way in 7734 could I
get that approved.

The initial program, yes. I have custom programs on routing entries
in our subsystems. That is permitted because only my users' jobs run
in those subsystems. (But I had to have the corporate I.T. people add
the routing entries for me.)

Ken

Ken
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