Hi Patrick
Any program that is running "24x7", I usually control by the value in a data area, specifically for that program
When the job is started, the value in the data area is changed to '*ACTIVE'
The program in question looks at the value in that data area and once it is changed to - lets say - '*INACTIVE', then the job needs to come to a graceful end
How the value of the data area is changed can be controlled by a menu option
Hope this makes some sense
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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrik Schindler
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] How to properly Ending a background program
Hello,
I consider writing a program for running as Autostart-Job in a SBS. It is supposed to run in an endless loop, doing it's work and sleeping afterwards for a certain amount of time.
In Linux/Unix, you can send a kill-command to it's PID to make it end. Without parameters, a SIGTERM is generated and sent. Handling the signal in the program enables the programmer to delete temp files and other cleanups to happen.
How is that within the CL environment on OS/400, using RPGLE? I didn't find helpful information in the ILE Documentation: All explanations there handle either batch jobs (run and end by itself when done) or interactive jobs (being ended by the user triggering a RETURN in the code).
Thanks for any pointers to further documentation, or a short explanation.
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