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Re: Recurring Interval Job

On 11/18/20 3:00 PM, Steve M via RPG400-L wrote:

Has anyone come up with a better way to have a job execute (in this case
twice per hour), at a specific time, that doesn't involve having a
never-ending job running in the background?

I frequently use what I call a "self-perpetuating batch job":

You have a CL program that does what you need done, then calculates the next time it should run, then submits itself for that time.

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JHHL

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