Want to hold job for some time to continue with step02

surya_pathaus · Active User Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 110

Hi all,

I have 3 steps in my JCL.
After step01 I want to hold job for some time to continue with step02 execution.

I mean to say after Step01 I want to hold job for some time.

Is it possible to hold a step?

superk · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:56 pm

You have to write a program that suspends execution for a period of time. Or, use an existing one if you already have one available.

Personally, I like to invoke the Unix Systems Services (USS) "sleep" program.

surya_pathaus · Active User Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 110

Hi Superk,

We have a program to lock database to test DB2 abends.
But I haven't come across the program which holds batch.
And I am not aware of the logic how to write the program to suspend execution.

superk · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:17 pm

I'm not a programmer, so I really don't know either, other than using a REXX elapsed time function. But, isn't there a COBOL routine "ILBOWAT0" that you can call to wait a specified amount of time?

surya_pathaus · Active User Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 110

Let me try the COBOL routine.

nevilh · Active User Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 262

try
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM='sh sleep xxx'

replace xxx with the number of seconds you wish to wait

nevilh · Active User Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 262

sorry hit enter to soon . Meant to add as suggested by superk

superk · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:28 pm

I know this goes off-topic a bit, but something's been bugging me for a long, long time:

Why do programmers always insist on writing programs when there are other alternatives available, such as standard utilities or scripts? Don't their Managers/Supervisors/Leads disapprove of such practices? I know in the past we've had to let folks go because of such practices.

surya_pathaus · Active User Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 110

Hi Superk,

routine "ILBOWAT0" is working. I coded a small program with this routine and we got the results as we want.

Here is the code which we tried:

sunil.sunkari · New User Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 5

Hi surya,

Actually there is WAIT command in JCL which will hold the execution for the specifed number of seconds in the WAIT statement in JCL.

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:15 am

murali922 · New User Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 Location: India

What does ILBOWAT0 do ?

Regards.

murali922 · New User Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 Location: India

elayadath · New User Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 9 Location: USA

Hi surya,

Try this after step01

//TIME EXEC PGM=EXCMDWP,PARM='00000000'

where as 00000000 is HHMMSSDC

spkmuthu · New User Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 1

Hi,

I tried using 'ILBOWAT0' but got the following error:

"An attempt was made to pass a parameter address above 16 megabytes to AMODE(24) program ILBOWAT0". And i have declared DELAY-TIME as S9(9) COMP.

Is there any other version of "ILBOWAT0" for AMODE(31)?

Thanks in advance.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:58 pm

will be someone so kind to explain about all this bullshit requirement of having an arbitrary wait between two steps or two jobs ..

what are people trying to achieve, or better what is the logical reasoning behind the silly requirement

no condescent or stupid answers please,
deterministic reasons why for example a 5.78 second wait is right and not 3.62 or 765.31
what if, for example, even after the wait the show stopper conditions still exist

this forum, and I lurk in a lot of them, is the only one were I have seen many such requests

expat · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:40 pm

Of course the obvious answer is to split the job and use the scheduling software.

However, as asked by Enrico, why the need.

I also ask, why have you regurgitated a topic that has been dormant for three years