Re: If an RPG program is forcibly terminated . . . -- RPG400-L

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Hi James,

A) if the program check for %SHTDN() regularly it can sense the *CNTRLD job ending.

B) if you write a procedure the ON-EXIT procedure gets executed even when the job ends *IMMED

C) this can also be done via APIs for "traditional" programs (CERRTX) and even for service programs (CEE4RAGE2 - when the activation group ends).

HTH and kind regards
Daniel

Am 09.09.2025 um 19:50 schrieb James H. H. Lampert via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

I vaguely recall reading about (and can't recall ever actually using) some some way for an RPG program to sense impending forcible termination (e.g., from a subsystem shutdown), and do clean-up.

Am I remembering something real, or am I sucking antimatter again?

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JHHL
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